relativism says that only some humans are persons, for only those who are given rights by others (that is, by those in power) have rights. Thus, if we have power we can “depersonalize” any group we will: Blacks, Jews, political enemies, fundamentalists, liberals, the unborn, the handicapped, or even infants. Peter Singer argues for a thirty-day waiting period during which parents can decide they do not want to keep, but want to destroy, the “product” they brought home from the hospital. Though most