Rhetorical Analysis Of Marquis By Marquis

In Marquis essay he argues that abortion is not right because killing the fetus is like killing an adult. Throughout the essay he questions that if it is right to kill a fetus it is right to kill living human. He then gives us the example of why it is wrong to kill a human. Marquis says that if you kill a human who has been alive that you are taking away their future and something valuable from them. You are ruining future possibilities of that person and he then ties that with the reason of why it is wrong to kill a fetus. You are ripping future possibilities from them. It is not right for us to live and rip that from them. They will not get to live a life they fully deserve. Marquis says that killing is one of the worst crimes within abortion and killing someone already living their life because it is killing their potential value of living further. He points out that the fetus is growing and humans are growing and growing every single day. Because Marquis gives these examples he is telling us our reason and influencing us based on opinions. It is wrong because they have a right to life. …show more content…
He proceeds to say that it is okay to kill the cells. We can make out his points in given the premises that Marquis presents in his essay. Killing is wrong because they have a future. If killing a fetus is wrong because killing a living human is wrong because it strips them of possible achievements then if the fetus grows and we kill them we will be getting rid of their future achievements. Final conclusion is that if the fetus has a future like ours of precious value and killing the fetus it is morally wrong. Marquis gives a great example in the premises and trying to persuade us because he really emphasizes his main