PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Counterargument, Prenatal Diagnosis, Fetus
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After reading week chapter 7 week 8 pp 291 -329. Abortion: spontaneous miscarriage: defect, injury, therapeutic: preserve mothers life. Induced: surgery, drugs (cid:523)not chosen as a result of a danger of mother(cid:495)s life raises most q(cid:495)s. Non moral facts to say a fetus is/ isn(cid:495)t a person. Meaning/applicability of moral principles to define the exact meaning and how to apply in some cases or not. Argument against abortion: killing innocent human being wrong, fetus is innocent human being, killing fetus (a) wrong. New argument against abortion: killing person is wrong, personhood starts at conception, killing unborn (a) wrong. Plausible origin of parenthood ( believable pinpoint of place of beginning) Objection difference despite lack of precision (e. g. tadpoles frogs) Objection: potential for trait vs having trait only latter bestows right(e. g. children potentially 18) Fetus isn(cid:495)t a person: human dna insufficient for personhood, fetus lacks marks of personhood: Objection: standards for personhood implies it(cid:495)s justified to kill:
