Judith Thomson’s argument through her article‚ “A Defence of Abortion” is one that adopts the premise that the fetus is a human being from the moment of conception. By doing this‚ Thomson is distancing her argument from the various theorists who maintain the moral view that it is wrong to kill another human being‚ such as (Marquis‚ 1989). This ultimately allows her to assume various hypothetical situations in which the cognitive status of the fetus is otherwise not considered. This is important.
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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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Abortion The main pro-life against abortion argument goes like this: Killing a human life is wrong and a fetus is a human life; therefore‚ killing a fetus is wrong. However‚ the debate is always surrounded by the second premise which is: at what point of a pregnancy is a fetus a human being. As medical science and technology progress‚ the line might shift back and forth. For the sake of this argument‚ I will neglect the second premise; I will say that a fetus is a human being at the time of conception
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Philosophy 1001-001 A Defense of Abortion in Pregnancy Reduction In this paper I will discuss the relevance of J.J. Thomson’s argument in her article‚ A Defense of Abortion‚ to that of pregnancy reduction and if there is any relevance‚ if there are exceptions or situations where that might change. J.J. Thomson’s argument in A Defense of Abortion is that the one thing a person has rights to is his/her body and the right to control what happens with it. Thomson also states that there is an innate
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Student Handout NAME___________________________________________________________ Date_________ Period_______ Classic Ethical Dilemmas The ‘Heinz’ Dilemma Mr. Heinz is ordinarily a law-abiding man. One day‚ his wife becomes gravely ill. Heinz takes her to the doctor‚ who prescribes a medication for her. She does quite well on this medication and begins to recover. However‚ Heinz has no insurance and runs out of money quickly paying for this expensive medication. After a few months‚ he can
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Thomson vs. Marquis Blake Place Philosophy 160 Monday Wednesday 10:40AM – 12:05PM In submitting this assignment with this cover page‚ I am hereby stating that: (1) I have voluntarily read‚ understand‚ and agree to uphold and abide by the syllabus plagiarism policy for this class; (2) I have neither plagiarized any other author’s written material or unwritten ideas or enabled (intentionally or unwittingly) other students to plagiarize any part of this assignment; (3) I have neither shown or
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"Marquis versus Thomson on Abortion" The debate about abortion focuses on two issues; 1.) Whether the human fetus has the right to life‚ and‚ if so‚ 2.) Whether the rights of the mother override the rights of the fetus. The two ethicists who present strong arguments for their position‚ and who I am further going to discuss are that of Don Marquis and Judith Thomson. Marquis’ "Future Like Ours" (FLO) theory represents his main argument‚ whereas‚ Thomson uses analogies to influence the reader of her
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In her paper‚ Defence of Abortion‚ Judith Jarvis Thomson takes a more “pro-choice” approach and argues for the justification of abortion in more circumstances than not. She does this by using different thought experiments that align with different situations in which women can get pregnant. While I agree with her reasonings for the first two circumstances talked about in her paper‚ I disagree with her justification for getting pregnant while using protection. I believe that even though inconvenient
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My Outlook on Peter Singer’s Article: “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” Amanda Ponshock PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Rachel Howell August 05‚ 2013 In his Peter Singer’s article‚ “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality”‚ he speaks of how he looks at ways one might think about charity and famine relief. Not everyone has accepted his general idea of how a person should act in these situations. I myself only agree with his views at a certain level. I believe that everyone should help
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Thomson’s paper “A defense of Abortion‚” she argues that abortion is morally permissible in some cases. Within the subject of abortion is the circular argument of if a fetus should be classified‚ and therefor given the same rights‚ as a person. One of the common opinions among lawmakers is that a fetus’s classification as a person begins at its viability. Others argue that a fetus is a person at the first sign of brain activity. There is no way to definitive answer so Thomson side steps this by assuming
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