Exposure of infants was common in ancient Greece. Couldn't all of these arguments be applied to infant exposure as well? If nothing else, it's probably an interpretation that Aristotle would have recognized in a way we wouldn't today.
What I'm more curious about is to what extent a culture in which infant exposure was acceptable influenced philosophers' attitudes toward human life and our care towards it, even if that life is not yet capable of rational thought. But I expect that if there's a good answer to that question, I'm pretty unqualified to answer it.
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Exposure of infants was common in ancient Greece. Couldn't all of these arguments be applied to infant exposure as well? If nothing else, it's probably an interpretation that Aristotle would have recognized in a way we wouldn't today.
What I'm more curious about is to what extent a culture in which infant exposure was acceptable influenced philosophers' attitudes toward human life and our care towards it, even if that life is not yet capable of rational thought. But I expect that if there's a good answer to that question, I'm pretty unqualified to answer it.