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In the quote below, Aristotle says that in his perfect world, people should limit the number of children that they have by (1) killing children by exposure and (2) aborting children before they have senses.
Why does Aristotle allow for children to be exposed and yet require abortions before they can feel anything?
Aristotle, Politics book 7, section 1335b
As to exposing or rearing the children born, let there be a law that no deformed child shall be reared; but on the ground of number of children, if the regular customs hinder any of those born being exposed, there must be a limit fixed to the procreation of offspring, and if any people have a child as a result of intercourse in contravention of these regulations, abortion must be practised on it before it has developed sensation and life; for the line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive. (6.24)
In the quote below, Aristotle says that in his perfect world, people should limit the number of children that they have by (1) killing children by exposure and (2) aborting children before they have senses.
Why does Aristotle allow for children to be exposed and yet require abortions before they can feel anything?
Aristotle, Politics book 7, section 1335b
As to exposing or rearing the children born, let there be a law that no deformed child shall be reared; but on the ground of number of children, if the regular customs hinder any of those born being exposed, there must be a limit fixed to the procreation of offspring, and if any people have a child as a result of intercourse in contravention of these regulations, abortion must be practised on it before it has developed sensation and life; for the line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive. (6.24)