Ethical Views On Abortion
Ethics
This report is about the chosen topic abortion, it will consider the ethical principles and perspectives that are associated with abortion.
Kelly Moore
Word Count
1582
Abstract
This report will discuss the ethical perspectives on abortion, it will discuss the Abortion Act 1967 and the ethical views from two Philosophers, Immanuel Kant and Niccolo Machiavelli. The report will discuss and critically evaluate the policies of England, China and the Dominican Republic.
Introduction
The term abortion is used to describe the medical process of ending a pregnancy so that it does not result in the birth of a child. It is the deliberate termination of a human …show more content…
An abortion is legal only if two qualified doctors sign to agree that the termination of the pregnancy is necessary (Shine.NHS, 2013). There are many reasons women decide on having an abortion, financial problems, being single, lack of support, being homeless, personal circumstances and a high risk that the baby would be born with a medical condition or disability are included. Another reason, being the pregnancy is less than twenty four weeks, and the birth of the child would harm the mother’s physical or mental health more than it would from a termination, another consideration would be that if the child was to be born it would have a serious effect on the health and well-being of the other children that the mother may have, or if the mother’s life was in danger this being a …show more content…
Abortion is a way to relieve the pain for the mother and child, turning it into a positive life for both involved. Kant disbelieves with Machiavelli’s theory as Kantanism believes that abortion is morally inaccurate because it is wrong to kill a person, believing that the foetus is a human person, so consider abortion as murder.
Kant believes an abortion is wrong, under all circumstances, the believes of the theory simply consequence on the fact of what is wrong and what is right unlike Machiavelli that believes an abortion would be honourable as it is purely down to the decision of the person, this allows the issue to be examined under the different
This report is about the chosen topic abortion, it will consider the ethical principles and perspectives that are associated with abortion.
Kelly Moore
Word Count
1582
Abstract
This report will discuss the ethical perspectives on abortion, it will discuss the Abortion Act 1967 and the ethical views from two Philosophers, Immanuel Kant and Niccolo Machiavelli. The report will discuss and critically evaluate the policies of England, China and the Dominican Republic.
Introduction
The term abortion is used to describe the medical process of ending a pregnancy so that it does not result in the birth of a child. It is the deliberate termination of a human …show more content…
An abortion is legal only if two qualified doctors sign to agree that the termination of the pregnancy is necessary (Shine.NHS, 2013). There are many reasons women decide on having an abortion, financial problems, being single, lack of support, being homeless, personal circumstances and a high risk that the baby would be born with a medical condition or disability are included. Another reason, being the pregnancy is less than twenty four weeks, and the birth of the child would harm the mother’s physical or mental health more than it would from a termination, another consideration would be that if the child was to be born it would have a serious effect on the health and well-being of the other children that the mother may have, or if the mother’s life was in danger this being a …show more content…
Abortion is a way to relieve the pain for the mother and child, turning it into a positive life for both involved. Kant disbelieves with Machiavelli’s theory as Kantanism believes that abortion is morally inaccurate because it is wrong to kill a person, believing that the foetus is a human person, so consider abortion as murder.
Kant believes an abortion is wrong, under all circumstances, the believes of the theory simply consequence on the fact of what is wrong and what is right unlike Machiavelli that believes an abortion would be honourable as it is purely down to the decision of the person, this allows the issue to be examined under the different