CAT 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fetus, In Essence, Blastocyst

• School: UCSD
• Department: Culture, Art, & Technology
• Course: CAT 2
• Professor: Gerald Doppelt

Document Summary

Noonan how to argue about abortion : three things, criticizes thompson"s analogical argument, in that she uses many of the. This is the same example with situations of rape, or unwanted pregnancy (she does not welcome the stranger of the baby in her body: however, there are obligations to strangers, based on good samaritan laws/ethics. This applies to many examples where strangers come to the aid of helpless people (helping homeless people, or aiding people on the verge of death. ) This may imply that there are duties under some circumstances: ex: if someone needs aid for an hour or two, then it seems a moral obligation. He believes that ethical choices should be made on the basis of perception and feeling. This relies much on experience and perception (experientalism): ex: when grading the paper, some comments (e. g. this part is weak) may, while being completely critical, offend the student.