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If movement is considered a criterion, do we consider a completely paralyzed person to be not-alive? Do we consider filter feeding animals like sponges to be no
by alexvoda 4y ago
If movement is considered a criterion, do we consider a completely paralyzed person to be not-alive? Do we consider filter feeding animals like sponges to be not-alive? Do we consider plants to be not-alive unless they are carnivorous and capable of movement?
What I am trying to highlight is that life is very broad and it is fuzzily defined.
Both sperm (male gametes) and eggs (female gametes) are alive. Thinking one is more alive than the other due to it's ability to move may or may not reveal a bias you may or may not hold.
The same bias people who use agriculture (planting seed) as an analogy or euphemism for human reproduction may hold.