Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) Philosophical Thought 1973-2873 4 1 2024 05 30 The Value of Fetal Life; a Critical Reflection on the Role of Personhood in Supporting Human Life The Value of Fetal Life; a Critical Reflection on the Role of Personhood in Supporting Human Life 1 15 23106 10.58209/jpt.4.1.1 FA Ahmad Fallahi Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran Journal Article 2023 10 10 Human life is self-founded and should not be reduced to a right. Supporting human life in various dimensions is the goal of rights. Since the human embryo has a human nature -which is also accepted by the supporters of the theory of personhood- and has life, only this life must be supported, and the embryo has a chance to survive. What is the fact that the relationship between parents and fetus-child is not a proprietary bond? Being a person is not an inherent characteristic in the definition of human nature, and the support of the existence of a human being should not be reduced to his being a person. Protection of human life is the basis of the criminalization of murder, and abstract characteristics such as personhood do not play a role in the inclusion of this crime. Human life is self-founded and should not be reduced to a right. Supporting human life in various dimensions is the goal of rights. Since the human embryo has a human nature -which is also accepted by the supporters of the theory of personhood- and has life, only this life must be supported, and the embryo has a chance to survive. What is the fact that the relationship between parents and fetus-child is not a proprietary bond? Being a person is not an inherent characteristic in the definition of human nature, and the support of the existence of a human being should not be reduced to his being a person. Protection of human life is the basis of the criminalization of murder, and abstract characteristics such as personhood do not play a role in the inclusion of this crime. https://jpt.modares.ac.ir/article_23106_8924525719289a3343a689fb0cf28f93.pdf