PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Therapeutic Abortion, Down Syndrome, Fetus
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All sides agree: murder is wrong, persons have a right to life. 1: don"t unjustifiably curtail freedom, prevent someone from autonomy. Conflict arises over: (predominately non-moral facts: non-moral facts (e. g. Moral principle (general principle, killing a person is wrong) Non-moral fact (what the status of the fetus is, person or not: moral statement. Argument against abortion: killing an innocent human being is wrong, fetus is an innocent human being (there"s no moral here, killing fetus (abortion) wrong. 2 refers to member of species (fetus is a member of the status as human) 1 refers to person with abilities, rights (a fetus is a person who has certain abilities) Plausible origin of personhood (difficult to choose when personhood really begins, is it after first or second trimester is a person really a person - personhood starts at conception for argument #2)
