Abortion- applying to theories
- Created by: 10shassanali
- Created on: 23-02-16 20:14
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- Abortion
- Situation Ethics:
- 4 working Principles:
- Pragmatism: Is mother financially stable?Personalism: People before rules, Positivism: Morality based on love
- Agape
- Fundamental Principle: "Love and justice are the same"
- Is abortion the fairest thing to do? Everyone considered equally?
- 4 working Principles:
- Utilitarianism:
- ACT:
- Hedonistic- Desire of the mother, brings about enough pleasure?
- Quantitative- Who will be involved/affected? Overall pleasure
- Principle of utility:Greatest good for greatest number
- RULE:
- Higher pleasures- Adults desires and pleasures outweigh the foetuses
- PREFERENCE:
- If motive is good, would be acceptable
- ACT:
- Kantian Ethics:
- Good will: Procreation
- Duty:To reproduce
- Reason: Innate moral law- Killing is wrong
- CI: Universalise- Lead to slippery slope
- Self contradiction
- Natural Law:
- "Do good & avoid evil"- Abortion seen as wrong- Stopping God's purpose
- Teleology: Purpose- " Go fourth and multiply. Deontology- Act, Murder
- Primary Precepts: Reproduce, stops procreation, ordered society
- Real & Apparent goods: Sex= Pleasure (AG) Actually having the child (RG)
- Double Effect:
- Situation Ethics:
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