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9 Cards in this Set
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Shared Assumptions |
all (and only) persons have a right to life it is wrong to kill a fetus if and only if a fetus has a right to life |
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Disagreement |
a fetus is a person |
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What is a person? |
human being? rational and autonomous agent? |
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Assumptions about the Violinist Case |
1. the violinist has a right to life 2. by unplugging you kill the violinist 3. it is not morally wrong for you to unplug |
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Thomson |
The pro-life argument fails it can be morally justified to kill a person with a right to life |
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Thomson and rape |
even though fetus has a right to life, it is morally permissible for you to kill the fetus |
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When is abortion morally justifiable? |
when the woman was raped When the woman's life is threatened when the woman's contraception failed |
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Moderate Pro-Life View |
abortion is morally wrong, unless either -the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother -she is raped |
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Thomson on Abortion |
abortion is sometimes morally permissible abortion is sometimes morally wrong |
