Health Sciences 3250F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Genetic Disorder, Brain Death, Genetic Testing
17 Apr 2014
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Thompson makes two important points on abortion: argues that abortion is generally permissible, but not always. Distinguishes between rape vs. voluntary sex: also argues, that although it is permissible to detach ones body from the fetus through abortion, it is not permissible to guarantee the death of the baby once it is born. The right to an abortion does not entail a right to commit suicide. Negative right of one individual implies an obligation for other individuals not to interfere with the expression of that right. Positive right implies an obligation for others to support or facilitate its expression. Negative right outweighs positive because the right to be harmed has more moral weight than the right to be benefited. Claims that the wrongness of killing adults extends to the wrongness of. Abortion is a prima facie morally wrong, but not absolutely wrong. In some instances the harm from not aborting is just as great as the harm aborting.
