Plato On Abortion Is Murder

The ethical issue of abortion is not always a religious issue. So, how would someone judge in this issue? Does the judgment rely on the person’s own opinions? Are there facts that show abortion is a murder? If we define murder as killing a human being, would we consider the fetus a human being?
First, if we use Plato’s argument, we need to define a human being. What makes a human being human? We need to know the difference between embryo, fetus, child, adult, and person plugged into machine. What makes them the same or different? Are embryo and fetus conscious? As discussed in class, there is a difference between the conscious life and the cellular life. For Plato, we need to find out that if abortion is tied to God. Would God love act of abortion if we define fetus as conscious? Is it pious or impious act? So, it is essential to define a fetus to determine our actions.
Second, if we use Aristotle’s argument, we need to find educated opinions that explain whether a fetus is a human being or not to answer the issue of abortion. In this case, we need to know the purpose of abortion and why women want to abort? Will this purpose lead to happiness? Does it have a good or bad end? If a woman decided to abort her fetus and went to her doctor who told her that she would kill her fetus based on his information from a textbook, …show more content…
If she does not abort her fetus, she might not continue her education and work to save money for her baby. This would change her life which might cause pain to herself and her parents who support her financially. However, if she rationally to abort her fetus then she would continue her future plan by finishing her education, getting a job, or starting a family. So, a woman can infer that if a fetus is an interest and look for the consequences of her decision. If the consequences provide benefits for her, abortion is not