Habermas on Abortion and Finnis's critique

[Kelley]

It has been assumed not proved that the fetus doesnt
have status as a person. Of course this is really a weird thing for Habermas
to assume since he has just admitted that the conservative has an equally
good arguments to liberals on these matters.

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ken, that's a premise or axiom that simply cannot be proved anyway. the 
question is: regardless of whether a fetus is a person or not, are they 
represented in the conversation. of course they are! does everyone have to 
part of the conversation? of course not be/c that would be impossible anyway.

Habermas is more interested in the  _foundations_ of rationality and 
discourse ethics  in the minimal _conditions_ that even bring people to 
attempt to communicate with one another in the first place.

his question is _could_ everyone be represented at the table (in theory), 
not ARE they.