Pro-life and Pro-choice Debate Abortion plays on the heart strings of all who are involved. Both side of the arguments are arguing for human life, one side for the mother and the other for the unborn child. Values play the biggest role in these arguments, and each argument can be circular based on people’s values. These sides use many different transcendence arguments for their movement. Both sides use quantity, quality, value, hierarchy, and antithesis to convince people to support their side…
Introduction: In this report, I will discuss three very famous philosophers with strong views on the topic of abortion. The three philosophers that I have chosen are Mary Anne Warren, Don Marquis, Patrick Lee, and Robert P. George. The purpose of a choice for these influential philosophers is because Warren, Marquis, Lee, and George provide various opinions on the views of abortions. Abortion is one of the most debated topic’s today. When the topic of abortion is discussed, people tend to…
Abortion: The Great Moral Debate Who decides what is morally right and what is morally wrong? Morals and ethics vary depending on cultural norms and societal influence. Abortion is a moral debate that has been argued for decades and it shows no signs of resolution. Many people say abortion is the same as murder, others say women should be able to choose whether or not they want to bring a child into the world. There are strong opinions on both sides, many of them driven by political views and…
our day. Both sides of the debate throw out facts but fail to make proper dialogue in order to better understand their opponent’s stance. The failure to listen and quickness to judge has left many bystanders of the argument confounded or many have chosen sides based on silly ideas like “I don’t want to kill babies” or “conservatives do not care about women”. The argument in the abortion debate is the mother has a right to choose The argument in the abortion debate boils down to the question…
Abortion has been the talk of our century today and from the pass and until now abortion is still an active debate in our society today. Abortion is to be taken seriously by many; it can have a great impact on the mother’s physical and mental health whether it is long-term or a short-term health condition. Before abortion, many should take consideration of another option such as adoption after all, “A child should not lose its right to life because its father or mother was a sexual criminal or a…
As the semester finally comes to an end and I have time to truly reflect on what I have learned so far I find that my stance on abortion has actually become a bit more muddled. I do not view this as a negative simply because it has allowed me to better understand not only both sides to the argument, but question if I am making the morally correct decision and not just the emotional one. My biggest take away would most definitely be the ability to compare and contrast multiple viewpoints in the…
Abortion, in its nature, is considered to be a hugely controversial subject, with pro and anti choice sides levelling various reasons at each other as to why abortion is, or is not, ok. In this essay I intend to discuss whether or not abortion is an individual choice or economic necessity, based off the theories and reasoning of Mary Wollstonecraft, J.S Mill and Karl Marx, and from each authors perspective and what we can perhaps deduce about their thoughts. The phrase 'politics of abortion'…
I really care about the whole pro-life/pro-choice debate. I grew up in a Catholic family, went to Catholic grade school, and even attended The March for Life with my eighth grade class.Growing up I was always told that things like birth control and abortion were completely against the church. Of course I believed this. As I transitioned into a public high school and began to learn more I realized that even though I was raised a certain way, I was pro-choice. I agree that women should have the…
Conflict seems to arise when two parties disagree on something as simple as who the best sports team is or the color of a cup at a popular coffee shop. People will continue to disagree on certain matters without taking others’ opinions into account. The same can be said when it comes to the topic of abortion. There are those who agree with abortion (those who are pro-choice) and those who disagree with abortion and find it equal to murder (those who are pro-life). In any case, when it comes to…
and important to the future of the country. Out of all the steps in the election process, debates have been an important factor. Atifete Jahjaga once said, “Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.” Debates are crucial to American elections, as evidenced by the 1960, 1980, and 2016 debates, and they continue to be important because the way they are presented and covered…