POS 252: Abortion Philosophy

Abortion – Philosophical Issues

What kinds of things have rights? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Living things ,[object Object],[object Object]

“ Moral persons” ,[object Object],[object Object]

The moral community consists of all those beings who have moral duties, rights, or, in general, deserve moral consideration. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Medical ethicists struggle to determine whether permanently comatose humans have any rights. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Several criteria of moral personhood have been suggested. ,[object Object]

A less extreme criterion of personhood is that of consciousness. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A more narrow criterion of personhood which is widely adopted by contemporary ethicists is the notion of self- awareness, or the ability to conceive of oneself as existing in time. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Perhaps the most restrictive criterion of personhood which has been suggested is rationality, particularly the kind of rationality that on this planet is exhibited only by humans. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The precise criterion of personhood is an ongoing dispute. But regardless of which criterion is adopted, if a being qualifies as a person, then it has a direct moral standing. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What kinds of rights do things have? [http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/r/rights.htm] ,[object Object]

A right is a special advantage that someone gains because of his or her particular status. ,[object Object],[object Object]

This general notion of "right" applies in both legal and moral contexts. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lockean concept of rights ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fundamental, basic rights ,[object Object]

What rights does a person have? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What rights does a potential person have? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is the definition of a person? How do you determine the humanity of a being? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How are rights balanced among competing claims? Thomson – rights of mother override any rights of fetus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Marquis principles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Mother may have responsibilities to the fetus, as a result of voluntarily engaging in sexual intercourse, where one of the potential outcomes was pregnancy ,[object Object],[object Object]

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