PHL281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Abortion Debate, Bioethics, Eudaimonia
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Phl281 lecture 8 dworkin and the sanctity of life pt. Recap of previous lecture how can we look at the sanctity of life without the religious aspect it appears that the sanctity of life is the best way to look at a fetus. Kinds of value what is it for anything to be of value. The sanctity of life subjectively valuable instrumentally valuable finally valuable non-incrementally valuable (in and of ourselves) objectively valuable thus sacred each of us matters in our irreplaceability. Fetus vs. zygote comparison zygote has more of its life to live but still more of a shame that a 9 month old fetus die . Dworkin"s se of inviolable to describe the sacred is unfortunate sometimes the loss of something sacred by the protection of greater value this way, those who believe abortion is acceptable can buy into the sanctity of life .
