abortion

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  • Created by: Sydney
  • Created on: 12-05-13 21:47
apply NL to abortion
deontological- act itself=murder(thou shalt not kill), denies pp's(reproduce ordered society defend innocent)
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what did Mary Ann Warren say about abortion?
at birth - a person needs things like reason, commnication, emotion
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what did Judith Jarvis Thompson say about abortion?
analogy of window - took precaution of net therefore her choice
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explain Johnathon Glovers cake analogy.
little to no difference between late foetus and a baby - like a cake is it ready before you take it out or when its out?
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what did Psalm say about Gods creation of an embryo?
'you knit me together in my mothers womb', we were created in imago dei
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apply kant to abortion
universalisable - if everyone did it none would be born. treats doc and baby as means to end, but is baby a person? potential RMA, but even when v disabled?does it have ability to reason?no emotion hard in abortion case esp ****
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name some cases regarding abortion
Joanna Jepson had cleft palate & campainged against 2 docs aborting cleft palate baby at 28 weeks.
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what are the issues arround abortion?
when does life begin(talk aboutjudith/mary/glover/bible!) - are they prolife or prochoice? sanctity of life;god decides('so god created humankind in his image'), slipery slope;turns into contraception, fathers rights?may be used by woman as revenge
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