What are the four main issues surrounding abortion
1)Sanctity of life 2)personhood 3)quality of life 4)rights of the mother and foetus
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What is personhood?
it is a definition of a human being as a person: having consciousness, self-awareness, ability to reason and self-sufficiency
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What does Pope Paul VI say about abortion?
'Human life must be respected and protected from the moment of conception'
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What were Mary Anne Warren's characteristics of a person?
Sentience, Reason, Communication, Emotionality, Self-awareness, Moral agency
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What is potentiality?
means that the foetus has a capacity of growth and will become a human person
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What is ensoulment?
it is the moment when people believe the soul is given. Catholics believe that this is at conception
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What does Christian ethics say about abortion?
NO because of sanctity of life. child as gift form god, goes against natural law from God, human life has intrinsic value
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What does Natural Law say about abortion?
NO because preservation of life is paramount , unborn child has rights too, primary precept of reproduction
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What does Utilitarianism say about abortion?
YES because happiness vs pain, focuses on the outcome, life doesn't have intrinsic value, preference for mother, foetus is potential life
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What does Kantian ethics say about abortion?
NO/YES because life as ends not means, if intentions are selfish, humans have intrinsic worth, BUT if the foetus is not considered as a reasoning person
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What is the UK law for abortion?
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Permission of two doctors. Before 24 weeks
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What are the four main issues surrounding abortion
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