uMary Anne
Warren, in “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion,” argues that the fetus
does not have a right to life.
uOnly a person
has a right to life.
uFor a human to
have a right to life, it needs five criteria.
u1.
Consciousness
u2. Reasoning
u3.
Self-motivated activity
u4. Capacity to
communicate
u5.
Self-awareness
Fetuses don’t pass these criteria, and are therefore
only potential persons.
They do not
have a right to live, at least not one sufficient to overturn a woman’s
right to control her own body.
Don’t infants fail these criteria as well?
Wouldn’t that justify infanticide?
Wouldn’t that justify infanticide?
uWarren says
no. She says that even though the
parents may not want the baby, others in the community do, valuing
newborn infants that way we value valuable art works.
uPeople in the
country also want newborn infants preserved.
uBut what if we
stopped thinking that? Would that mean infanticide would be OK?
Two
philosophers, Michael Tooley and Peter
Singer, think that both abortion and infanticide can be justified.
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valuing newborn infants that way we value valuable art works.
What in the actual hell?
Utterly ridiculous. According to this argument, I have no right to life while I'm sleeping. (I'm not conscious.)
"the way we value valuable art works"
The body as a work of art.
But what if we stopped thinking that? Would that mean infanticide would be OK?
Seems that slippery slope has already been slid down in some states in the US.
I don't agree with this position.
THIS IS WHY I HATE LABELS!
Just look at this study.
Now, go to Table 1.
I personally have "positive attitudes" toward: Religious people, Fishing, Alcohol, Prayer, Asian food, and foreign foods.
And I have negative attitudes toward: "fathers" (because my own was an abusive husband who would regularly beat my mother - and me, for good measure), Atheists, Jazz (well, neutral, maybe), tattoos, and (most) big cities.
See? I just don't fit in!
Page not found! Link not working Starhopper.
I figured you for a tattooed father that pal'ed around with Atheists while listing to Jazz in Baltimore. I need to re-calibrate.
Damn! The link doesn't work for me either. Oh, well. I remain unclassifiable!
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