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The question – is abortion permissible? A bad argument • Murder is wrong • Abortion is murder • Therefore abortion is wrong This argument begs the question. Abortion is certainly a killing – but is it a wrongful killing? ... Support for the extreme view: abortion is a direct killing of the child, whereas doing nothing is merely letting the mother die. ... Thomson on the weaker view The weaker view: abortion is NOT permissible when the mother’s life is not at risk. ... Results for permissibility of abortion: a. ... Objection: The argument from infanticide – if abortion is justified, then so is infanticide. ... Don Marquis’s argument against abortion The question: why is wrong to kill? ... Results for the permissibility of abortion Abortion is NOT permissible – the fetus should not be deprived of a FLO. |
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Title: Abortion
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