PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Judith Jarvis Thomson, Fetus, At All Costs
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When does a fetus because a person or a human being? is the common question asked when debating abortion. But both marquis and judith jarvis thompson believe it"s the wrong question to be asking ourselves when we want to come to a logical conclusion. States that we need to figure out what makes killing wrong, to come to a conclusion. It causes the person who is killed to lose the most valuable thing which they now possess. Deprives the killed person of the future; any possible projects, relationships or activities they might engage in: compare what makes it wrong to what supposedly makes abortion wrong. Marquis verdict: abortion is morally impermissible; it is on the same level as killing a human being. You deprive them of everything that they may experience and that is morally wrong. Objection 1: fetuses can"t value anything because they don"t possess the capabilities to do so.
