EQUAL RIGHTS, UNEQUAL WRONGS by Christopher Kaczor July 2011
In the article, Equal Rights Unequal Wrongs by Christoper Kaczor, the author is arguing that aborting a child when in later pregnancies is far worse than aborting the child when it barely has human features. He believes that killing a child is wrong no matter if they were an utero or fetus they still are a child and killing them cannot be justified. He uses rhetorical devices such as ethos when saying “Andrew Peach has argued, important ethical differences between late and early abortion that do not require belief in evolving fetal worth” (Kaczor, 2011). He is adding to his argument that killing babies is not right by citing a credible author in the story. He also uses pathos in his argument when he says, “That it is worse to kill a human adult than to kill a human being in utero, and worse to kill a child already born than to kill one at the embryonic stage, does not in any way justify the killing of the latter” …show more content…
In his short essays, he says “we should reject, for example, the analogy between the gradual development of a right to life and the gradual attainment of other rights” (Kaczor, 2011). Here he is comparing the rights that one receives as they get older to the gradual stages of life. As one gets older they learn to drive and can drink, and vote. The thing about those rights are that they are unattainable without life and progression. In his short story, he also has a conflict his conflict says that “first, just as murder by torturous means is worse than murder by painless means, so too late-term abortion involving fetal pain is worse than the killing of the unborn that does not cause pain” (Kaczor, 2011). The conflict supports his argument that killing unborn children whether they be a developing or full-grown fetus is just as wrong as
In the article, Equal Rights Unequal Wrongs by Christoper Kaczor, the author is arguing that aborting a child when in later pregnancies is far worse than aborting the child when it barely has human features. He believes that killing a child is wrong no matter if they were an utero or fetus they still are a child and killing them cannot be justified. He uses rhetorical devices such as ethos when saying “Andrew Peach has argued, important ethical differences between late and early abortion that do not require belief in evolving fetal worth” (Kaczor, 2011). He is adding to his argument that killing babies is not right by citing a credible author in the story. He also uses pathos in his argument when he says, “That it is worse to kill a human adult than to kill a human being in utero, and worse to kill a child already born than to kill one at the embryonic stage, does not in any way justify the killing of the latter” …show more content…
In his short essays, he says “we should reject, for example, the analogy between the gradual development of a right to life and the gradual attainment of other rights” (Kaczor, 2011). Here he is comparing the rights that one receives as they get older to the gradual stages of life. As one gets older they learn to drive and can drink, and vote. The thing about those rights are that they are unattainable without life and progression. In his short story, he also has a conflict his conflict says that “first, just as murder by torturous means is worse than murder by painless means, so too late-term abortion involving fetal pain is worse than the killing of the unborn that does not cause pain” (Kaczor, 2011). The conflict supports his argument that killing unborn children whether they be a developing or full-grown fetus is just as wrong as