PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fetus

• School: Lafayette College
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 102
• Professor: Professor Panichias

Document Summary

Limited right to an abortion: state has a compelling interest. Safety of medical procedure and rites of women. Interest of the fetus as a kind of resource. What if they did have a right to life: blackwell says this be the case abortion wrong. Gets right about to have something be done to you. Providing stuff to live is not right therefore fetishes do not have the right to life. When does a women give the specific right. Thompson cannot reasonably expect people from abstaining form sex. Warren: thompsons position is invalid except for her case of rape, deny the personhood of fetus (they are like fish) What if you knowingly enter the society of music lovers therefore we have a responsibility to care for the violinist: definition of human. Cut the tip off finger does clump of cells have are itch to life. You have potential of being alumni we don"t have those rights all the time.