PHILOSOPHY 354
Rethinking the pro-life perspective
Judith Jarvis Thomson’s approach to a new understanding of the
debate around the impermissibility of abortion
Kaylynn Mundell
19157495
8 September 2017
, Content page
Introduction____________________________________________________2
The violinist analogy_____________________________________________2-3
The extremist view
- Abortion is always impermissible_______________________________3-5
- Abortion by a third party is impermissible________________________ 5-6
The right to life
- The right to things and not to be killed__________________________ 6-7
- Deprivation of rights to things and killing as an injustice____________ 7-8
- The concept “right”_________________________________________ 8-9
The Samaritan analogy___________________________________________ 9-10
Responsibility based on biology____________________________________ 10
Thomson’s clarification of her argument_____________________________ 10-11
Critique_______________________________________________________ 11-13
Conclusion_____________________________________________________ 13
Bibliography___________________________________________________ 13
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Rethinking the pro-life perspective
Judith Jarvis Thomson’s approach to a new understanding of the
debate around the impermissibility of abortion
Kaylynn Mundell
19157495
8 September 2017
, Content page
Introduction____________________________________________________2
The violinist analogy_____________________________________________2-3
The extremist view
- Abortion is always impermissible_______________________________3-5
- Abortion by a third party is impermissible________________________ 5-6
The right to life
- The right to things and not to be killed__________________________ 6-7
- Deprivation of rights to things and killing as an injustice____________ 7-8
- The concept “right”_________________________________________ 8-9
The Samaritan analogy___________________________________________ 9-10
Responsibility based on biology____________________________________ 10
Thomson’s clarification of her argument_____________________________ 10-11
Critique_______________________________________________________ 11-13
Conclusion_____________________________________________________ 13
Bibliography___________________________________________________ 13
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