Analysis Of Mary Anne Warren's View On Abortion

Abortion There are many different views on abortion weather it is right or wrong. Many people have their opinions and views on this topic. Throughout this paper, I will deconstruct Mary Anne Warren 's view on abortion, dealing with her thoughts on the moral and legal status of abortion. As well as Don Marquis argument that abortion is wrong, because in my opinion abortion is wrong but it depends on the situation which well be discussed during this essay. Though the question is abortion right or wrong is very contrasting, with all the aspects that it deals with, you have to decide is, or is it not wrong. The initial thing we should first overcome is what is abortion? I got this definition from the internet, "abortion is when a pregnancy is …show more content…
Second, every person has a right to life, a fetus is not a person, killing people is wrong, so there is nothing wrong with abortion. John Noonan anti-abortion argues that a fetus is a human in moral sense, he claims a fetus is a human at time of conception, and that abortion is immoral. As we know with every discussion there is always a disagreement, so Judith Thomson questions John Noonan opinion on that statement, stating that if we all agree that abortion is wrong and that the fetus is a human, can agree that every women with an unwanted pregnancy has to have the baby? Thomson says, "... determining what moral rights a fetus has is only one step in determining the moral state of abortion. The next step is finding a just solution to conflicts between whatever rights the fetus has, and the rights and responsibilities of the woman who is unwillingly pregnant." This being said you have to answer the question of whether or not a fetus has the same rights as a human …show more content…
But how do we define personhood? Close your eyes an imagine that you are an astronaut and you end up landing on some weird planet, and you must determine whether or not you are obligated to treat the alien species with moral rights, or if you can just eat them. What diversities would you demand necessary for one to possess in order to in fact be a person? Is someone in a vegetative state, or a coma a person, or only a human being? For Warren, for you to be a person you have to have the following traits, consciousness, reasoning, self motivated activity, capacity to communicate. and presence of self-concepts, and self-awareness. Acknowledging someone as a person ensures a person the right to be treated as a member of moral