Is Abortion Ethical Or Unethical

The issue at state here is the idea of abortion and if it is ethical or unethical. I will be arguing that abortion is unethical. Abortion is unethical because if human life is sacred then all actions should be made to protect it. Human life must be protected; not killed while still in the womb. “The fetus has no moral status, it is not morally wrong to destroy something that has no moral status.” (Chaloner, Page 45). Chaloner brings up a common claim that supports abortion. Chaloner states that many support abortion because the fetus cannot show feelings, emotions or object to anything being done to it. A common argument that supports abortion is the idea that the fetus cannot exist outside of the womb. It is true that the womb cannot exist …show more content…
The Death Penalty means that the criminal will be put to death for the crimes he or she committed. The Death Penalty is unethical because it kills another individual without justifying the crime that was made. The victims, or the family, of deadly crimes may want this sentence for the killer of their beloved; many feel strongly that if you kill a human then you must as well be killed. “It has long been important that punishments are in some sense appropriate to the seriousness of the crime, and one argument in support of the morality of capital punishment is that it is needed in order to have a punishment that ‘fits’ the crime of the murder.” (Stichter, Page 132) The Death Penalty is a sentence that seems to fit the crime appropriately and ease the hearts of those affected by it. The Death Penalty is another tough topic. It is hard to identify a right or wrong mindset in concerns with this topic. Families that are affected by a deadly crime will never have that person, that was killed, back. But is it justified to kill the person who killed them, and will that truly solve anything? That is the question at stake. “The overall status of the moral permissibility of the death penalty is affected by determining whether it is consistent with a respect for a person.” (Stichter, Page 130) It is very difficult to justify the Death Penalty when you attempt to connect the value of human life to the Death Penalty. …show more content…
Human life is very unique when compared to other life forms. Animals, insects and other forms of life have not expanded the way humans have. Humans are much more developed and intelligent; this furthers the reason for protecting humans and the life of those humans. A common argument about the sacredness of human life is that in general it is sacred, but death is seen as necessary at times; intentional killing is something as a society must be made available and present. “Opposition to euthanasia, based on sanctity of life is inconsistent with an allowance of intentional killing in cases of self-defense or capital punishment, and that the value of human life must be weighed against other things such as suffering which may outweigh it.” (Patterson, Page 55) The value of human life has many things weighing against it; at times even outweighing it. Human life is very fragile, and humans are often quite emotional when responding to particular situations. Anger is a very prevalent emotion that can, at times, control the actions we choose to make. People die often, and even kill often, but it is necessary to maintain a value on human life because the life that humans have is unique to others; the mass amount of possibilities one individual can make and the impact that individual has on others is one reason to protect that life. “A person, unlike a thing, has the capacity both to construct laws for himself and to choose to follow