PHL275H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fetus
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Is a human fetus a person: abortion debates ground out to whether the fetus is a person. If (cid:455)ou thi(cid:374)k that"s relevant, the(cid:374) (cid:455)ou"d (cid:271)e i(cid:374)terested i(cid:374) (cid:449)hat (cid:373)akes so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g a person. 1) the fetus is a person can still have an abortion: thinks this is false but willing to grant it for the sake of this debate. 2) every person has a right to life: thomson is willing to grant that all things that are persons are things with a right to life. 3) the fetus has a right to life (1,2) 4) women have a right to decide what happens to and in their bodies: people on the prolife side are willing to grant this general claim. 5) the fetus ha a it wins the conflict of rights, aborting a fetus would be killing an innocent person. 6) aborting the fetus would be to violate its right to life.
