In her piece, Mary Anne Warren argues the permissibility of abortion by holding the moral acceptance of abortion is founded on the following argument: fetuses are not persons so therefore killing them is not killing a person hence having an abortion is morally permissible (432). To Warren, ‘human being’ is used in different contexts thinks that 'human being' is used in two different senses in both argument 1. and 2. In argument 1, 'human being' is being used in a moral connotation to mean a 'person' or 'true member of the moral community'. But it does not mean that the fetus is a person, and it is persons with rights, essentially, the right to life. (433). Warren sets forth with her argument by defining the moral community. for a person to
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A human fetus is a human at a very early stage in his or her development
A fetus is closely related to a person than a human and has the potential to be a “person” so therefore a fetus should be classified as a person.
Does abortion intentionally kill a human person? I ask this question to present a case on intentions. We should have value in our intentions. Abortions intentionally kill innocent human beings. From the point of conception, you were a developing innocent human person
Even if there isn’t a consensus if we don’t know if a fetus is a person doesn’t mean we should kill them. If you are driving at night and see something on the road that looks like a black bag but is in-fact a raccoon, would you run over it, or take precaution and drive around it?
Although Warren makes a good argument, she forgets to include the reasoning for the abortion. We must look at and take into account the intentions of said decision to have an abortion. If the intention is selfish then the killing of a fetus is unjust. Many women have abortions because of the convenience of not having the responsibility to raise a child because it doesn’t go along with their life plans. It doesn’t mean they have the right to kill that fetus. Adoption and other options could be chosen instead of intentional
A human fetus is a human at a very early stage in his or her development
A fetus is closely related to a person than a human and has the potential to be a “person” so therefore a fetus should be classified as a person.
Does abortion intentionally kill a human person? I ask this question to present a case on intentions. We should have value in our intentions. Abortions intentionally kill innocent human beings. From the point of conception, you were a developing innocent human person
Even if there isn’t a consensus if we don’t know if a fetus is a person doesn’t mean we should kill them. If you are driving at night and see something on the road that looks like a black bag but is in-fact a raccoon, would you run over it, or take precaution and drive around it?
Although Warren makes a good argument, she forgets to include the reasoning for the abortion. We must look at and take into account the intentions of said decision to have an abortion. If the intention is selfish then the killing of a fetus is unjust. Many women have abortions because of the convenience of not having the responsibility to raise a child because it doesn’t go along with their life plans. It doesn’t mean they have the right to kill that fetus. Adoption and other options could be chosen instead of intentional