FYSM 1209 Lecture Notes - Fetus

• School: Carleton University
• Department: First-Year Seminars
• Course: FYSM 1209
• Professor: Christine Koggel

Document Summary

Looks at the extreme conservative position: 1) the fetus is a human being from the moment of conception, 2) morally wrong to kill human beings, 3) therefore abortion is morally wrong. She challenges that it is morally wrong to kill human beings self defence. This position looks at biological features legs, arms genetic code. What is distinctive in human features psychology and social: extreme liberal argument, 1) fetus is not a human being with moral standing. The fetus is not a person: 2) it is morally wrong to kill persons, 3) therefore it is not morally wrong to kill fetuses. She challenges 3) it is still wrong in some cases. This position is saying that they psychological and social features are important. Focuses on what is necessary: the liberal argument is too narrow. This would say that if the fetus had no status at all at 9 months.