Philosophy 200 November 16‚ 2013 The Moral Status of the Fetus The debate over abortion comes down to one essential issue — the moral status of the unborn child. “Those choosing legalization of abortion will argue that the developing fetus lacks a moral status that would trump a woman’s desire to abort the child. Those against abortion argue by making the opposite claim; that the unborn child‚ because it is a developing human being‚ possesses a moral status because of its human existence; and
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Biomedical Ethics Chapter 3 Defining the moral status As time passes medicine and the healthcare system has greatly improved the life expectancy of mankind‚ and more options present themselves‚ they also come a price as to which is the right choice to make. How do we defy which life is more important‚ who gets to live and who has second priority? How do you determine who has a higher moral status. What properties should you base your criteria on? We will isolate and divulge on
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tissue or a bit of the human body” (Hursthouse‚ 1987). The extreme liberal view in standard form looks like this: An unfertilised ovum has the same moral status as a piece of tissue. Working forward from the unfertilised ovum‚ there is no point until birth that the developing ovum comes to possess a different moral status. The foetus has the moral status of a piece of tissue right up until birth. The first premise appears to be uncontentious. Unfertilised ovum in large numbers are lost in a variety
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This was my final paper Preparing For and Taking Exams Marie Frentress (4227116) American Military University Professor Alvina Alexander August 28‚ 2011 Preparing For and Taking Exams Exams normally account for a major portion of a student’s overall class grade. Preparing for those exams can be both challenging and boring at the same time. Ngadiman (2006) states that “Preparation for classroom tests is necessary to perform well. Good preparation is almost the key to confidence. Good
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On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion Mary Anne Warren’s argument that “because women are persons and fetuses are not‚ women’s rights override whatever right to life a fetus may possess” because of the characteristics of personhood and moral community that a fetus does not yet have (Warren 164) is shown through the following argument: 1) If unwanted and dangerous pregnancies occur‚ woman should morally and justifiably have the right without any restrictions to have an abortion. 2) Unwanted
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What moral status does the human embryo have? The moral status of the embryo is a controversial and complex issue. The main viewpoints are outlined below. 1. The embryo has full moral status from fertilization onwards Either the embryo is viewed as a person whilst it is still an embryo‚ or it is seen as a potential person. The criteria for ‘personhood’ are notoriously unclear; different people define what makes a person in different ways. Arguments for this view Arguments against this view
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Edwin Carter Jr. Session Paper Draft Applied Ethics October 15‚ 2010 “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion”‚ an essay written by Mary Anne Warren‚ defend abortion in any stage of a woman’s pregnancy (pg 468). Warren argues that the potential to become a human being is not the same as being human and deserving the same right to life (pg. 468-472). This essay asserts that in order to be human‚ one must possess five particular traits (pg. 470). These trait are consciousness‚ reasoning‚ self-motivated
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HUMAN CAPACITIES AND MORAL STATUS Philosophy and Medicine VOLUME 108 Founding Co-Editor Stuart F. Spicker Senior Editor H. Tristram Engelhardt‚ Jr.‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Rice University‚ and Baylor College of Medicine‚ Houston‚ Texas Associate Editor Lisa M. Rasmussen‚ Department of Philosophy‚ University of North Carolina at Charlotte‚ Charlotte‚ North Carolina Editorial Board George J. Agich‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Bowling Green State University‚ Bowling Green‚ Ohio
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are identified just before implantation back into the womb‚ only the healthy embryos are introduced. These advancements in biological technology have put the moral status of the human embryo into question. Is it wrong to experiment on or destroy unused fertilized ova? It is believed that the key question to understanding the moral status of the human embryo is: Where does human life begin? Any biologist will tell you that human life begins at fertilization‚ and that is scientific fact. So the real
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Fetus viability and rights In the 1973 case Roe v. Wade‚ the Supreme Court proclaimed the unborn are not legally defined as people. However‚ the court also allows states to restrict access to abortions where fetuses are viable‚ this means potentially capable to survive outside the womb on their own. Pro-choice supporters argument that you cannot have two entities with equal rights in one body. As a woman and a pro-choice supporter I believe giving rights to an embryo cancels out the mother ’s
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