Philosophy Paper 1 Why Abortion Is Immoral In this paper I will formally reconstruct Don Marquis’ argument‚ explain it‚ and offer a brief evaluation. In his essay‚ “Why Abortion Is Immoral‚” Marquis argues that abortion is‚ except possibly in rare cases‚ seriously immoral‚ because it is in the same moral category as killing an innocent adult human being. His argument can be formulated as follows: killing an innocent human being is morally wrong. If abortion falls into the category if killing
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Why Abortion Is Immoral Why Abortion Is Immoral was written by Don Marquis. His thesis is described in the title. He started off by establishing some historical facts about abortion. According him there were no laws prohibiting abortion in the United States until well into the 19th century. By the 20th century every state passed laws to prohibit it. In 1973 in the case Roe vs. Wade‚ the Supreme Court ruled that the laws outlawing abortion violated women’s rights to privacy. He then implies
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In his article‚ Why Abortion is Immoral‚ Don Marquis argues that abortion is seriously morally wrong and should not be permitted except in certain cases (2012). The exceptions Marquis makes for when abortion is permissible include‚ in instances of rape‚ when the pregnancy could threaten the woman’s life‚ when the fetus is anencephalic‚ and during the first fourteen days after conception (2012). In his argument‚ Marquis attempts to bypass the traditional abortion debate which has largely focused on
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argue that abortion is not morally permissible. The phrase morally permissible can be explained by the following definition: allowed by principles with respect to what is right and wrong. First‚ this paper will argue that abortion is immoral and not morally permissible in the religious standpoint. This will be followed by an argument of potential personhood in defense for the above claim. Next it will outline the ‘Future like Ours’ argument that Don Marquis makes in his article “Why Abortion Is Immoral
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In “Why abortion is immoral‚” by Don Marquis‚ Marquis sets out an argument that abortion is “seriously immoral that it is in the same moral category as killing an innocent adult human being.” Marquis first wants us to understand why killing a person is wrong. He presents us with an argument that the loss of one’s life is one of the greatest losses one can suffer. Because this prevents a person from having a valuable human future‚ a future like ours. What makes killing any adult human being wrong
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Abortion: Should be illegal & is immoral Many people believe that abortions should be legal because women should have the right to choose whether or not they want to bring a baby into the world. They believe a woman should have property rights which include the body and the fetus. They also believe a woman should have privacy rights which means the state should not interfere with private matters. These people are called pro choice. At the same time many people are anti-abortion because they
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Why Abortion Is Immoral: An Argumentative Analysis The argument on the immorality of abortion is a long standing philosophical discourse which opens itself to numerous discussions or even attacks. That the pro-choice and anti-abortionists stances stand or fail is based on the strength or weakness of the other’s claim against the other and vice versa. The morality or immorality of abortion‚ however‚ leaves an open question which also leaves the partisans reflecting on whether or not there can be
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Don Marquis’ "Why Abortion is Immoral" In his essay "Why Abortion is Immoral‚" Don Marquis argues against the morality of abortion on the premise that the value of a fetus’ future is so great that it is immoral to take that potential future away from it. Essentially‚ he contends‚ abortion is tantamount to murder: killing an individual is prima facie wrong because the loss of the goods of one’s future is the worst loss a human can suffer. He calls this potential future a "future-like-ours‚"
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when applied to Euthanasia In his essay "Why abortion is immoral"‚ Don Marquis defends the anti-abortionist view. He bases his defense on the moral impermissibility of killing in general through what he calls the deprivation thesis (DT)‚ which is that killing is wrong if the subject of the killing has a future like ours because killing the subject deprives it of its future. Marquis’ argument‚ known as the future like ours (FLO) argument against abortion is as follows: If X has a future like ours
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Is Abortion Immoral? In Carol Levine’s book‚ Taking Sides‚ the debate discussing whether abortion is considered immoral or not raises questions about the relationship between law‚ society‚ and ethics. When discussing abortion‚ there are typically two polar opposite views in which to categorize the argument: the pro-life view and the pro-choice view. From a conservative point of view‚ the “pro-life” stance is one that sees abortion as the taking of an innocent life of a child. The pro-lifers would
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