3/31/2017 Paper II In this paper I will describe Thomson’s argument for the general moral permissibility of aborting a fetus that attributed personhood. I make the deliberate distinction of ‘general moral permissibility’ because Thomson herself says there are exceptional cases where her argument may not hold‚ and I too will detail said cases in this paper. I will also illustrate four examples Thomson provides as support for her argument--the violinist‚ Henry Fonda‚ people seeds‚ and the expanding
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After reading “A defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson and what he had to say with his violinist analogy involving the kidney replacement. I agree with what he has to say on not only abortion itself but‚ whether or not a fetus should have the right to the women’s body. I don’t think that the fetus should be given the right to use the women’s body because what if she does not what to have a baby and ends up getting pregnant anyway. Also‚ each time a woman engages in sexual intercourse‚ she
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Philosophy 101 12/8/2011 An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong. The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument that abortion is wrong. Some claim that only in “rare” instances‚ such as rape or within a few days of contraception‚ abortion is acceptable. I will agree that there are certain circumstances that abortion is more “acceptable” than other times‚ albeit however few and far between these instances arise. Instances that make abortion more “okay” are rape‚ and once it is discovered that the
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The first argument is by J.J Thomson regarding abortion when it happens during consensual sex. She says that the woman has no obligation to keep the child‚ even though the woman had consensual sex and understood that she could become pregnant. Marquis talks about how everyone has a FLO account‚ and abortion would be killing‚ and killing causes premature death‚ so therefore‚ he believes that abortion is immoral in all cases including consensual sex. Judith Jarvis Thomson gives an analogy when it
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Why Abortion is Not Impermissible The legal status of abortion is regarded as one of the most long disputed and controversial ethical issues in the world of politics‚ presumably because of the moral dilemmas that it is thought to present. Many of those who oppose of the right to abort may do so from a theistic standpoint‚ which leads to more debates regarding the separation between church and state. But abortion is not something that should be forbidden by law. All adult human beings have the right
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Opposing Arguments: Abortion Introduction: Why abortion is immoral by Don Marquis is the start of two discussions pertaining to whether abortion should be acceptable in our modern society. The argument‚ Marquis makes‚ is that abortion actually deprives the fetus’s “future-like-ours.” Many philosophers support Marquis’ belief by arguing that fetuses have their own possibilities; thus‚ killing fetuses is absolutely wrong (Marquis‚ 105). Nevertheless‚ there are also other philosophers who criticize
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Legalization of Abortion in Costa Rica: Pro-Choice Or Pro-Life? Lil Marie Apéstegui F Universidad de Costa Rica Abstract In Costa Rica women are not able to choose whether to have an abortion or not‚ since this procedure is allowed only in order to preserve the life or physical health of the woman and it has to be ordered by a court. Abortions are illegal in almost all cases‚ including when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest and when the fetus suffers from medical problems or birth defects
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“We’re always going to argue about abortion. It’s a hard choice and it’s controversial‚ and that’s why I’m pro-choice‚ because I want people to make their own choices.” -Hillary Clinton. Abortion has been a contentious argument that has arisen in the United States over 2 centuries ago‚ and has been an fiery debate ever since. Citizens and politicians have been faced with two different arguments: one side‚ pro- choice‚ states that women should be able to choose the fate of their fetus‚ while the
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Judith Jarvis Thomson: A Defense of Abortion – CRITICAL EXPOSITION The goal of Judith Jarvis Thomson in her defense of abortion is to sway the ideas of those who are against abortion by challenging the arguments they give for thinking so. She begins by stating a premise. “For the sake of the argument” a human embryo is a person. This premise is one of the arguments most opponents of abortion use‚ but as she points out‚ isn’t much of an argument at all. These people spend a lot of their time dwelling
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and that there should be no restrictions on when an abortion must occur by. Her argument is a direct response to Noonan’s thesis which is that fetuses are humans and therefore have human rights. Noonan argues that “it is wrong to kill innocent human beings and fetuses are innocent human beings‚ then it is wrong to kill fetuses” (Warren‚ 338).
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