Immanuel Kant Philosophy And Abortion Argument

Immanuel Kant Philosophy and Abortion Argument Abortion has been a highly debated topic in today 's society. It is something that happens everyday. It is wrong to terminate a pregnancy before childbirth. Abortion causes unfair death. Abortion in general is wrong. Using Immanuel Kant 's moral philosophy, we can make an arguable debate. According to Kant 's moral principle, Kant uses categorical imperative: a rule stating what ought to be done based upon pure reason alone and not contingent upon sensible desires. Therefore, moral rules for Kant, have no exceptions. Killing is always wrong. Everyone has good will. Which is what Kant 's theory is all about. People deserve to live. Another principle Kant uses is practical imperative, "Act to treat humanity, whether …show more content…
Immanuel Kant never really got into the topic of abortion, but we can make a moral claim with his rules. You need to respect human lives. The fetus moves and is a life, so it can be debated as a human. Like Kant says, every human has a future. They will have the ability to do something in life. The fetus has a future in life. If the fetus is killed, you lose its future and the ability to accomplish anything. Killing is always wrong. Killing the fetus for no reason is wrong. Therefore abortion is morally wrong, but what if the mother’s life is in danger? What if the mother was raped and the baby was unwanted? Although babies are innocent, I think the only exception to kill a fetus would be if the mother’s life was in danger. I would not accept killing the fetus because the mother was raped. As stated before, killing an innocent human is wrong. There are also other things to evaluate. For example, when the person has matured, they will eventually know the way he or she was born was because of rape. That is not right. Also, killing would be wrong because who knows what achievements it could have accomplished in