> First, how ever cruel and wrong doing so may be, letting nature take its course isn't murder We disagree on the definition of murder. I suppose the law migh

> First, how ever cruel and wrong doing so may be, letting nature take its course isn't murder We disagree on the definition of murder. I suppose the law might call it negligent homicide. That sounds like a type of murder. > biology is pretty clear on when an organism is alive or not. It is not clear at all. Are viruses alive, for example? A human body is comprised of a variety of things that might be considered individual organisms if they lived outside the body. Are they alive, separately from the human they're a part of? How about a fetus? If it's not viable outside the womb, then how can it be alive as distinct from the mother? Does technology change that decision? If so, does aliveness change depending on access to technology?