Abortion: Morally Permissible or Impermissible? Abortion can be defined as a means of terminating a pregnancy by removing or expelling a fetus from the uterus before viability. Abortion has been‚ and will always be‚ a controversial issue in today’s society and in the future. People have always struggled to determine whether it is ethical to abort a fetus; morally permissible (acceptable) or morally impermissible (unacceptable). The polarizing views that are associated with abortion makes this
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Mallory Causey Morality of Abortion I. Introduction In this paper‚ I will argue that abortion is morally acceptable in certain situations. In defending this argument I will include the reason behind my decision‚ and I will provide an alternate example using the same general principle. After explaining my principle I will give clarity to two arguments that may be presented by others. Finally‚ I will conclude by describing any changes that I have made to my general principle. II. Argument
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One of the most commonly fought arguments today is if abortion is either a right or a wrong thing for a woman to do. Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus (which is where the embryo/fetus matures) in order to end a pregnancy in a woman. Some people feel that abortion is wrong and call abortion murder of innocent children‚ while others feel that abortion is only the removing of cells in a woman’s body‚ preventing a baby from forming‚ because they feel that the embryo/fetus
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Abortion Thesis: Abortion is morally permissible in which a fetus is not a person which deprives the fetus to its right to life‚ circular reasoning is an ineffective to oppose abortion‚ abortion only risks the fetus not society‚ and deprivation from a fetus’s future and suffering of a loved one has no affect on the argument towards anti-abortion. Mary Anne Warren in On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion stated the characteristics which are central to the concept of personhood which are “sentience
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Did you know that there are about 3‚700 abortions a day in the US? So approximately 1.3 million unpunished and LEGAL murders are occurring every year. I personally think that is absurd. Abortion is wrong and I am going to tell you why you shouldn’t get one or support them because of the adoption option‚ the after effects and the simple fact that it’s murder. I am a Catholic so‚ obviously my church strongly opposes abortion. I think that abortion is morally wrong and a highly debated topic in which there
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Is All Murder Morally Wrong? By Lianna Nicole Santiago PHI 2010 Murder is a touchy subject that can be very controversial depending on who the victim or victims are‚ and also who the predator is. Things like the relationship between a victim and predator‚ and the essential “reasons” behind the murder play a big part on whether or not all murder is ethical or unethical. The basic view of murder by most of the population‚ in any sense‚ is that it is morally wrong. Though there are circumstances
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to Larry Elder‚ “The war on drugs is wrong‚ both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid‚ too reckless‚ and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt” ("war on drugs is wrong‚ both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid‚ too reckless‚ and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt. - Larry Elder - BrainyQuote
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As an individual company in a capitalist society‚ yes‚ a company should be allowed to choose where it locates it’s production. Plain and simple‚ according to the ideas of capitalist society. Now looking at whether or not that decision is morally right or wrong has no bearing in a capitalist society. It is all about getting the most bang for your buck. As stated in the text‚ “Companies try to lower operating costs in order to raise profits or cut prices and win market share‚ not out of selfless desire
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fairly strong one however when one looks up the Oxford dictionary for both words‚ are they related? Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy and murder is the intentional killing of a human life whether an adult or a child. If the child is in the womb for seven months (the later development stage) or 2 to 3 weeks (the early development stage) it is still murder making the statement ‘Abortion is murder’ true. There are however‚ many arguments put forward in relation to what stage a foetus
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core idea behind this theory is that the effects of actions determine whether the action is morally right or wrong. According to utilitarian’s‚ the function of morality is to increase what is good‚ for example happiness and pleasure‚ and decrease the occurrence of bad things. It follows that actions are morally right to the extent that they produce the greatest good for the greatest number. Actions are wrong if they tend to produce the opposite of happiness. Utilitarianism provide that it is the moral
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