A Defense of Abortion

Is it just to give unelected judges the ability to make moral and political decisions on behalf of a community, despite the fact that the community has no active role deciding whom these judges are? Jeremy Waldron is one of many adversaries of judicial review; subsequently he does not think that unelected judges should be permitted to make political or moral decisions on behalf of the community (Waluchow Constitutions as Living Trees 534). I disagree with Waldron and side with Wilfred Waluchow,…

morality. There are three main formulations in this concept, which are the formula of universal, the formula of humanity and the formula of autonomous. In this paper, I am going to use Kant’s ethical theory to find directions about the morality of abortion. Besides that, I will relate the findings of my case study to the flaws of Categorical Imperatives. Chapter 1 Background 1.1 Immanuel Kant German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is one of the most influential philosophers in the…

Aquinas was a philosopher that used many arguments derived from Aristotle, however, Aquinas was unique in the way he approached the idea of an ethical life by combining arguments of reason with theology and God. Based on rational reasonings such as the four types of laws he defines and the precepts he draws from them, combined with faith in God, Aquinas believes that it is possible and just to judge another person’s actions, ethical character, and conception of life. Aquinas believes an…

We are all complex creatures, we don’t necessarily agree on many issues and that’s a fact. We all want freedom, the chance for prosperity, our children to be safe and many more issues we want to fix however the argument is how we should achieve these things. Today, the country faces with two major political parties to choose from; Democrat and Republican. With disregard of the political parties, they’re usually aligned with two political ideologies; liberal and conservative. Both being vastly…

feels left out of her community and in my belief, is able to see issues in a way that differs from my views. Because of our different backgrounds and situations we see different issues in different ways. However she is able to feel the issues of abortion, social justice, and gun control in the same way that I am able to feel the issues of immigration, national security and the reasoning behind the death penalty. Katrina and I are different in the ways that we see American politics and on our…

Michele Richnick’s Newsweek Article, “House Republicans Pass Bill to Block Planned Parenthood Funding”, written on September 18, 2015, was about the House Republicans decision to discontinue the funding of Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization founded in 1916, it conducts research and gives advice on contraception, family planning, and reproductive problems. For the past month, Republicans have been posing outrages and disgust over viral videos about Planned…

Morality is the distinction between what is right and wrong. Some people believe that morality can be enforced with stringent laws, while other people do not. There are different stories to both sides of this argument. Morality is different from person to person. Everyone has a different set of morals that are unique and different from others. Morality can’t be enforced by law. It should be up to the individual what is right and wrong. People will do what they want to do, no matter if their…

prices and interest rates and finally present a budget freeze. However congress have voted down the budget freeze but passed the rest of Reaganomics. After it was passed, the economy started booming again until he increased military spending and defense spending by 15% at the same time having America fall into a huge downfall and led off to a bad start of what was hoping to be a side of relief. (Britannica School…

cause. Clearly, the government over seas wasn’t working efficiently so they embarked on the creation of a new form of government . The preamble, “ to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings…

child and place it in a group home. The defendant even though she was a doctor she did not go to work everyday. The defendant’s counsel was during the trial trying to prove that the plaintiff knew something went wrong because she had scheduled an abortion appointment, but never went. The baby is now three she also has a younger child who is fine. The plaintiff because she was older did receive the pamphlet with risk and test information. The plaintiff did not do the test with the big needle, the…