PHL281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Judith Jarvis Thomson, Thought Experiment, Fetus
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Phl281 lecture 3 thomson and the right to bodily integrity. The pope"s first argument: fetus has the same moral status as other human beings. 2: therefore it is wrong to have an abortion (kill a fetus). Judith jarvis thomson author of reading, a defence of abortion . Mit professor department of philosophy and linguistics. Killing vs. letting die one of her key moves in defending abortion is abortion a prohibited killing is abortion a killing or rather a (sometimes) justified case of letting the fetus die challenge inference to (3) Most will believe that we owe this violinist nothing. Self-protection stuck in the house with a rapidly growing baby baby will crush you to death (very imminent) and it cannot think for itself. P has a right to x against q . P can claim x from q as his or her due.
