PHIL 356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ronald Dworkin, Speciesism, Fetus
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Odysseus (the guy that tied himself onto the boat to save the people) waives his rights to exercise control over his ship but also waives his right to change his mind, to regain authority over his men. We"re now switching to the topic of abortion. A human fetus, especially early on during it"s development, is very different from us or even a human infant. He says most animals have certain claims to not be killed. He says the human fetus lacks conditions that organisms must have to the right to life. O (any organism) has a right to life only if it satisfies condition c (a condtition we didn"t state yet). Tooley: p has a right to x= if p desires x, then others are obligated to permit him to have x. A human fetus cannot form a conception of itself* living on (*as a subject of experiences)
