Infanticide

SECTION 1 In one sense, historians have had no choice but to privilege social, cultural, and political factors when analysing the relationship between women and crime in Victorian Britain because there is no complete, impartial, and conclusive body of evidence that might fully explain that relationship. The problem predates the Victorian era. During the Hanoverian period, for example, there was no professional police force and the British government did not collect data on crime, with the…

This then does reinforcing Singer’s argument that the fetus does not have the same claim to life as a person; therefore, justifying infanticide to a newborn isn’t autonomous. Although I do agree with the liberal argument, and it is clear to see the objection singer has based on his arguments that if the fetus doesn’t have a claim to life due to it not being a rational, self-conscious being…

In the early nineteenth century, the percentage of infanticides and undesired childbearing was and still currently is abundantly high. Margaret Sanger, a sex educator, nurse, and American birth control activist, whom acknowledged the need to inform women on the self-control of childbirth gave a speech in 1921, “A Moral Necessity for Birth Control.” Sanger disputes that the understanding of “contraceptive techniques” would not only benefit families as a whole, but would also give women…

even as it may kill or injure the body.” She goes on to explain that infanticide in itself has been occurring since ancient times, and still in more modern times and is an outcry of womankind for freedom. She sees the solution to these problems, both abortion and infanticide as educating all women on how/why to use the scientific contraceptive methods and devices available to them. According to Sanger, these practices (both infanticide and abortion) are a horror that would become obsolete with…

In the Qur’an, there is a verse revealed by Allah to Muhammad; this verse reads: “Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women...and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward” (Surah Al-Ahzab). From this verse, there is a general sense that Allah looks at men and women equally, especially in respects to their reward of an afterlife. Although the…

Klusendorf argues through a biblical standpoint that abortion is immoral from multiple standpoints. He starts with discussing whether if the Bible being silent allows it by default, clears up his views on what he considers human beings, and ends with an examination on the pro-choice interpretation of a Bible passage. His first point is that we should know that abortion is wrong because we are treating other humans unjustly by doing so. Racists are then given as an example, who had used…

Toni Morrison is a twentieth century, African American novelist who illustrates the history of African Americans dating back to the nineteenth century. Morrison recreates the history, language, knowledge, reason, as well as identity to include the African American experience of slavery. She narrates the novel Beloved through her characters in a way that evokes a strong emotion from the reader. Through Beloved, Morrison does the opposite of “hegemonic whitewashing”, she describes the different…

Document 2 says that the British had screwed up India's society with violence and oppression, however, the British made amazing changes to India's society by ending highway robbery, widow suicide, and female infanticide (Lalvani). In India, the body would be burned at the funeral and if the person being burnt had a wife, then she was expected to kill herself on the fire because in India women were viewed as useless. Not only is this an atrocious tradition but it…

The birthing process is known as a physiology, biological, and cultural event. Birth is globally marked as a life crisis that is also a biological phenomenon. Each cultural has their own pattern of birth which includes individual beliefs and practices around the birth (Sargent, 2004). “We find that within any given system, birth practices appear packaged into a relatively uniform systemic, standardized, ritualized, even morally required routine”. The life cycle of conception is recognized…

For example in most cultures of the world infanticide would be seen as an unforgivable crime. However in the Inuit culture in Infanticide “was permitted at the parents’ discretion, with no social stigma attached”(Rachels, 15). Cultural relativists would argue that although the Inuit culture does not value human life, it would be wrong for…