PHIL 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Field Of View, Fetus

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 347
• Professor: Yoshiki Kobasigawa

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First time we acquire sentinence is when we first acquire desires. X is in our interest when x would satisfy our desires taken as a collective. E. g. surgery: painful, but fills desire to play sports, move without pain etc. A being that is sentient + has interests can be harmed. Harm = deprived of something that matters to them (pg. Are sentient, have interests, and therefore can be harmed. Feinberg: they can suffer (have interests), have a right to not be tortured. Since the fetus cannot be harmed, the mother destroying the fetus wouldn"t affect the fetus in a morally relevant manner. Fetus: right to not be tortured, but do not have interests until after birth. Future filled with things that are currently valued. If only 1 is relevant to determine wrongness of killing, the moral status of fetus and human would differ.