AS Applied Ethics Abortion
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- Created on: 17-04-14 23:49
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- Abortion
- Situation Ethics
- Untitled
- Christian Ethics
- Natural Law
- Goes against Primary Principle -preservation of life
- "made in the image and likeness" of God
- "Go forth and multiply"
- "Whatever you do unto the least of my brothes that you did unto me" Matthew 25;40
- Liberals
- Lesser of two Evils
- Catholics
- Doctrine of Double Effect
- Only when mothers life is endangered and motive is not to abort but save mother
- Abortion is a side Effect ONLY
- Sanctity of Life
- JP2"No one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life"
- NO!
- Doctrine of Double Effect
- Ben.16th "as far as abortion is concerned its part of the 5th commandment "thou shalt not kill"
- Natural Law
- Kant
- Hypothetical as looking to consequence
- Can't universalise as it contradicts volition
- Feotus has potential to reason
- Sex should only occur within a marriage
- Doctor used as a means to an end
- NO!
- Good Will-believe child will have poor standard of living than maybe ok
- Utilitarian
- Greatest good for the greatest number - future childs happiness and the potential of them having childen
- SUBJECTIVE
- Mill would argue cant do it if you just don't want to be fat during preg
- Situation Ethics
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