The Pros And Cons Of Abortion
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In this case Marquis states that the moral for anti-abortionists is that it is “seriously wrong to take a human life” (Marquis 184) and in the eyes of those that are pro-choice “it is only prima facie seriously wrong to take the life of a member of the human community” (Marquis 184). He understands that each case is delicate in its morals and rights as not only humans, but people and members of a community as well. He also concludes that as both sides are essentially in a standoff as they both have equal and conflicting morals. He dissects further and sees that both sides would attempt to further develop their morals, as to counter the other. He states that in attempting to better their arguments, anti-abortionists state that it is “seriously wrong to end the life of a human being” (Marquis 185) where as those that are pro-choice attempt to differentiate the difference between humans and people in their cause. He continues to explain …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how marquis states that the moral for anti-abortionists is that it is "seriously wrong to take a human life" while those that are pro-choice attempt to differentiate the difference between humans and people in their cause.
- Analyzes how marquis starts with an absolute and works towards the morality of abortion. he first looks at the wrongness of killing people and what makes it wrong.
- Analyzes how marquis uses the value of a future like ours account to create the argument that it would be immoral to kill them prematurely.
- Compares marquis' discontinuation account with his own account, which is plausible, but differs in some ways. the past of the person that dies has no relevance in this case.
- Compares the desire account with marquis' account of the value of what is missed out upon death.
- Analyzes how marquis tries to show that his accounts are thought out and apply to each being, but lacks the idea of personhood and the right of anyone else in the matter.
- Analyzes how marquis argues that contraception is wrong based on these arguments, but he does not think that it is himself. he believes that stopping the zygote via contracept is a moral act.
- Analyzes how restates that killing beings that are alive is wrong, and killing cells that have not bonded to create a being is not. he places the fetus and abortion in the mix of both.
- Opines that warren is the more right in her justification that personhood and equal rights of everyone are what is needed before the life of the fetus versus anything else.
- Analyzes how warren shows that there are ways to look at the rights of others as well as the fetus, even though the argument is flawed, and elaborates on a better course to prove that abortion is not immoral.
- Analyzes warren's argument that abortion isn't immoral, stating that the fetus is not a person.
- Analyzes how marquis shows his thoughts on the subject and proves that his theory can still be sound while making his claim. he does well to talk about the stance that people take and how they come to conclusions.
- Opines that marquis does a wonderful job, but they think that warren is the better of the philosophers.
Her conclusions inevitably remain sound with her original thesis, stating that the fetus is not a person and as such, abortion is not immoral, but she does take the time to discuss were some might venture to in order to find holes in her theory.
Marquis also does this, as when he discusses how people may assume that his value of a future like ours account also can apply to the use of contraception, despite his thinking that it is not. He takes the time to show his thoughts on the subject and furthermore, prove that his theory can still be sound while he makes his claim. He also does well to talk about the stance that people take and how they come to the conclusions they make, even better than Warren does in her writing and he is able to shift from what they think to what he theorizes very
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In this essay, the author
- Argues that abortion is morally wrong, excluding cases in which the woman is threatened by pregnancy, or abortion after rape, because fetuses have a valuable future.
- Analyzes don marquis' argument that abortion is morally wrong against pro-choice arguments, such as the irrationality of a fetus, the lack of desire to live, etc.
- Explains that warren believes that we have a legal obligation to provide protection to all sentient human beings, but extending these rights to fetuses violates the woman's autonomy.
- Analyzes how marquis' argument is more plausible than warren's, arguing that the fetus has the same right to a valuable future as an adult human.
- Opines that the deliberately induced abortion of a human pregnancy is not justifiable. contemporary debates in bioethics.
1306 wordsRead More - Why Abortion is Immoral by Don Marquisanalytical essayMarquis’s argument that it is immoral to kill, and abortion is wrong because it deprives one of a valuable future has a lot of problems in my eyes that does not make his view on anti-abortion solid. The lack of arguments that do not raise questions that seem to go unanswered make it hard to be persuaded to change a pro-abortionist mind or even be open to understanding where Marquis’s arguments lead. His “what if” argument leaves room for anyone opposing to “what if” in any direction which is not grounds for an effective argument and hurts Marquis’s because a lot of the questions go unanswered in his essay.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes don marquis' essay, why abortion is immoral, which claims that abortion is morally wrong, and uses one argument to explain why.
- Analyzes how marquis argues that killing alone is not enough to make it immoral. he uses pathos to help create a deeper understanding of what the fetus would feel if it was aware.
- Analyzes how marquis uses the example to counter-argue any claim that the fetus is not human and who are we to not allow it to live a long and prosperous life.
- Analyzes how marquis argues killing a person is wrong because of the deprivation of life which is immorally impermissible. he uses four categories to explain why this conclusion does not lead to his argument.
- Opines that marquis' argument that abortion is immoral and wrong because it deprives one from its future does not seem convincing.
- Analyzes marquis' argument that abortion is immoral because it deprives one of the great things in its future. animals and plants have just as much, if not more interest than a fetus.
- Argues that suicide does not follow marquis' theory of desire account, which states that killing interferes with fulfillment of a strong and fundamental desire.
- Opines that marquis's argument that it is immoral to kill, and abortion is wrong because it deprives one of a valuable future, has problems that make his view on anti-abortion solid.
1273 wordsRead More - Essay On A Defense Of Abortion By Judith Jarvis Thompsonanalytical essayIn her essay, “A Defense of Abortion,” Judith Jarvis Thompson outlines the most common arguments that people defend, and explains her views regarding each of these. She shares numerous examples and situations that she believes will support her views. One of her most prominent arguments is that of whether or not a fetus has moral standing as a “person.” She highlights the so called “battle” between an innocent life, the fetus, and the bodily rights of the mother. Within this argument, Judith outlines for us several situations which can provide people with a different outlook regarding abortion. Throughout Judith’s essay, she does not truly give a clear stance, but rather allows her readers to choose for themselves.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how thompson covers different views for whether or not abortion is permissible. the first view is that the fetus would always have the right to life over the mother.
- Analyzes judith's argument that abortion is morally just in the case of rape, while jarvis believes that women shouldn't be forced to do what they "ought".
- Analyzes how thompson's views on abortion depend on the situation and the fetus being a person right from contraception. thompson believes that abortion is only permissible in certain circumstances.
- Opines that a woman should have the right to an abortion without the worry that it is immoral.
- Analyzes judith jarvis thompson's essay, "a defense of abortion," which outlines the most common arguments that people defend.
- Analyzes thompson's argument that a woman must take full responsibility of her actions and for an abortion, so there should be no intervention.
1398 wordsRead More - Abortionanalytical essayAbortion is a widely arguable issue that begs the question whether a mother has the right to abort her child or if the child has the right to life. Abortion is the deliberate removal of a fetus from the womb of the mother, resulting in the death of the child. Abortions are said to be morally permissible after a certain number of months after the mother is pregnant because of the development of the embryo to have a brain. The other side of the argument is that right when the mother is pregnant, it is wrong for the mother to abort because the embryo has a right to life as soon as the mother is pregnant. This is a primary concern for anti-abortion supporters. Mary Warren takes this pro-life stance to defend the life of the fetus by not allowing abortions under any circumstance in her case, “On the Moral and legal status of Abortion”, 1973. Warren argues whether abortion is morally permissible at any stage of pregnancy and under any circumstances. Warren’s argument for her stance on abortion is stated as 1) It is wrong to kill human beings. 2) Fetuses are innocent human beings. 3) Therefore it is wrong to kill fetuses. She claims that the credit for her argument lies in the definition of the term ‘human being’. The definition of human is a member of the biological species Homo Sapien. This includes adults, children, and also fetuses that are unborn in the mother’s womb. This is the argument for why abortion is not morally permissible in any case because fetuses are innocent human beings with an inherent right to life as a biological organism. Along with a moral sense of community, human is being a member of the moral community o...
In this essay, the author
- Argues that abortion is not morally permissible at any stage of pregnancy and under any circumstances because fetuses are innocent human beings.
- Analyzes how warren's anti-abortion argument is two-sided branching in two directions.
- Analyzes how warren supports the mother's right to have an abortion because of her moral authority, outweighing the right of a potential person in her womb
- Analyzes marquis' argument that abortion is the same as murder because it takes away the potential value and future of the fetus, child, or adult.
- Analyzes judith thomson's defense of abortion and questions the anti-abortion argument.
- Agrees with thomson's thesis that abortion is permissible in some cases, but it does not violate the fetuses' right to life.
1462 wordsRead More - The Pros And Cons Of Abortionanalytical essayThere are so many different viewpoints on abortion, it isn’t even funny. Someone could say that abortion is morally acceptable because a woman was raped or the pregnancy could interfere with her health. Other people might say that it is murder and immorally unacceptable because the child obviously does not have a say in the abortion. The problem with abortions is that there is no real conclusion to the problem, whether it is legal or illegal. And this argument is only getting worse and worse.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that there are so many different viewpoints on abortion, that it isn't funny. there is no real conclusion to the problem, whether it's legal or illegal.
- Argues that abortion should be allowed in the first two trimesters because there are a ton of fertilized eggs that die off by this time.
- Explains that abortion can be wrong if the mother is healthy and the unborn baby is also healthy. it's hard to tell when abortion is acceptable because the fetus becomes alive.
- Opines that abortion is a humane and morally acceptable way of killing innocent people.
1023 wordsRead More - Marquis´View on Abortion and Euthanasiaanalytical essayMarquis believes abortion to be extremely immoral. However he mentions that there are exceptions in rare but certain circumstances where abortion is acceptable. We can infer that these instances would include situations that would put the mother or child at serious risk by keeping the fetus. He is frustrated that this idea has received minimal support recently. As a result he wants to influence change in society in hopes of receiving the support and publicity this topic deserves. Marquis’ primary argument stems from the idea of killing in general. He explains it is immoral to kill an adult because it prematurely deprives the human of something they may have valued at the time they were killed, as well as something they may had valued in the future. Although the victim may not realize it at the time of their death, they certainly had a valuable future ahead of them to experience which has been cut short. We are the only ones who can decide what is valuable to them; in this case we value some things more than others, and this concept differs from person to person. For example, in the present I value the life I am given and the opportunity I have to earn my degree at Villanova University while also valuing my future as well knowing that I have a chance to be successful in the future. Although I have not succeeded yet, I still value that opportunity I have and the life I’m capable of achieving through earning a degree. Therefore, he connects this same theory to the life of a fetus. By killing the fetus the result is the same, we are depriving it of its futur...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that abortion is considered a sensitive topic in society. marquis has decided to voice his opinion on the matter.
- Explains that marquis believes abortion to be extremely immoral, but there are exceptions in rare but certain circumstances where abortion is acceptable. he wants to influence change in society in hopes of receiving support and publicity this topic deserves.
- Analyzes how marquis connects this theory to the life of a fetus. he argues that abortion is highly immoral.
- Argues that killing an unborn child is simply immoral, partly due to the fact that they don't even have the choice to decide whether or not their life is valuable to them.
- Analyzes how marquis' stance on euthanasia differs from his views on abortion in several ways. he believes terminally ill patients should not suffer if their future holds no value.
762 wordsRead More - Summary Of Why Abortion Is Immoral By Dan Marquisanalytical essayThirdly, Marquis concludes from the last two premises and says that if you kill a fetus then it is prima facie seriously morally wrong of you. By killing off a human being’s potential values it is cruel, especially to children because they are defenseless. Then, Marquis asserts that if fetuses and adults are in the same moral categories then the fetus can only be aborted if there is a serious moral concern. In the beginning, Marquis proclaims that there are special cases like rape and the mom’s life being threatened that it would override the “moral wrongness” of abortion. So if the premises that Marquis stated above are all true then we ought to accept his conclusion. The first premise expresses that if you kill someone then one is taking away from his or her future like ours. Marquis statement on the first premise is one we ought to accept because obviously if the person is dead they cannot have a future like ours. The
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes dan marquis' article, "why abortion is immoral", arguing that abortion is like killing a human being already born and it deprives them of their future.
- Analyzes how marquis is pro-life when it comes to pregnancy, and aborting the fetus is what he wants to prove morally wrong in his argument.
- Analyzes how marquis asserts that killing off a human being’s potential values is cruel, especially to children because they are defenseless.
- Disagrees with marquis' premise that killing a fetus is in the same category as killing an adult.
- Opines that marquis' second premise is not a solid point in arguing for pro-life.
1145 wordsRead More - The Ethics Of Abortion By Judith Jarvis Thomsonanalytical essayHis main argument is the future-like-ours argument and why killing a fetus is wrong. His major argument is all about how there are very rare exceptions in which abortion isn’t morally wrong. He initially started his argument by showing the various points of the intellectual battles between people who are pro- choice and pro- lifers. He speaks about the “it look like a baby” idea and how it causes a standoff which makes it difficult for the arguments to be successfully emphasized. The arguments are not successfully emphasized since they do not meet in the middle because they are either too broad or too narrow. Marquis speaks about how anti- abortionists would claim that because a fetus looks like a baby at a certain point and how they find it sufficient enough information to support their pro- life stance. He also speaks about how those who were pro- choice would claim because the fetus “looks like a baby” doesn’t necessarily mean that it is one, which means that the abortion wouldn’t be wrongful (Marquis, 447). He mentions that these arguments seem to be spoken as if they are sufficient to determine whether or not it is morally right to abort a fetus. Marquis decides to drift from the path that has been paved by other pro- lifers before him and he decides to make his own. Marquis decides to start with human beings, more specifically, adults
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the ethics of abortion establishes arguments that attempt to argue if abortion is morally justified or not.
- Analyzes thomson's pro-choice argument in "a defense on abortion," which is mainly supported by analogies like the violinist analogy, burglar analog, and the people seeds analog.
- Analyzes how thomson shows that the violinist's right to life is being respected because of the use of her body.
- Analyzes how thomson's people seeds analogy relates to the idea of how consensual intercourse doesn't equal the fetus' use of the body.
- Analyzes how marquis argues that abortion is immoral because of the fact that the fetus' valuable future is deprived.
- Analyzes how marquis argues that killing a fetus is just as wrong as killing an adult, if not, even more wrong.
1549 wordsRead More - The Debate Of The Permissibility Of Abortionanalytical essayThe permissibility of abortion has been a crucial topic for debates for many years. People have yet to agree upon a stance on whether abortion is morally just. This country is divided into two groups, believers in a woman’s choice to have an abortion and those who stand for the fetus’s right to live. More commonly these stances are labeled as pro-choice and pro-life. The traditional argument for each side is based upon whether a fetus has a right to life. Complications occur because the qualifications of what gives something a right to life is not agreed upon. The pro-choice argument asserts that only people, not fetuses, have a right to life. The pro-life argument claims that fetuses are human beings and therefore they have a right to life. Philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thomson, rejects this traditional reasoning because the right of the mother is not brought into consideration. Thomson prepares two theses to explain her reasoning for being pro-choice; “A right to life does not entail the right to use your body to stay alive” and “In the majority of cases it is not morally required that you carry a fetus to term.”
In this essay, the author
- Explains that people have yet to agree upon a stance on whether abortion is morally just. judith jarvis thomson rejects this traditional reasoning because the right of the mother is not taken into consideration.
- Analyzes how thompson's theses are strengthened by hypothetical and real-life examples. she disparages the traditional argument to cultivate a deeper analysis on the permissibility of abortion.
- Analyzes thompson's argument that it is not selfish to not pursue an action that leads to an enormous sacrifice. there is a significant difference between moral excellence and moral decency.
- Opines that thompson's argument has some weaknesses, such as she grants the idea that a fetus is person, and doesn't discuss the possibility of the mother opting to an abortion.
1114 wordsRead More - Don Marquis vs. Abortionopinion essayWhat is abortion? Abortion is killing a fetus inside a mother’s womb. According to Don Marquis, killing a fetus is morally impermissible. Marquis came up with an argument that views abortion as immoral and only in rare cases is it accepted. There are only a few rare cases that abortion is morally acceptable according to Marquis in his article, “Why Abortion is Immoral.” Marquis’s view on abortion is relatable because I am a woman and seeing as I am able to bare a child, I feel it is a women’s right to decide if abortion is permissible or not because it is her body and she has all the rights to her own body. Later described is FLO, one of Marquis’s arguments proving abortion is morally impermissible. I do not agree with the FLO argument. Marquis makes strong points, which can be agreeable, but in summary of Marquis’s arguments, he needs to have a more valid case of FLO.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that marquis's argument that fetuses don't have a future like ours is morally wrong.
- Explains that a fetus' future should be categorized individually. it's not guaranteed and unpredictable.
- Opines that marquis needs to be clearer on what the fetus' future might be and if it would be worth living.
- Explains that abortion is killing a fetus inside the mother's womb. marquis views abortion as immoral and only in rare cases is it accepted.
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