Applied Ethics - Week 03 - Abortion by Jamie Buckland https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n en-us 2021-01-25 14:46:12 UTC 2026-01-30 11:32:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Post Your Seminar Questions/Reading Observations Here! jamiebuckland1 https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n/wish/1122175485 2021-01-25 14:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n/wish/1122175485 'Is it relevant to one's position on abortion to include whether it is morally permissible or impermissible on a broader societal scale? For example, if one thinks abortion is wrong yet also holds that abortion should be legal. Is this position consistent? Or perhaps it holds no weight on the philosophical debate on the morality of abortion, only the political debate.' jamiebuckland1 https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n/wish/1139795571

]]> 2021-01-29 08:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n/wish/1139795571 Defining life https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n/wish/1140498248 Does 'human' mean member of the homo sapiens?
Is being a homo sapiens enough to have a 'right to life'?

Essentially yes, people talk of human as Homo sapiens.

Lee & George think yes, you get your right to life because you're human.

Singer thinks that is not good enough.  it is unjustified prejudice.  You have to have a right to life in virtue of possessing interests (of some sort).  Simply being human is not enough.

Have thought on how this links to saving the lives of very premature babies (such as 26 and less), though they MAY be able to be alive interdependently from mother/ technology, should we 'save' life because we can? What about the quality of life of the individual- does that matter? Links back to last week to with the debate reducing harm or preserving life




]]> 2021-01-29 13:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n/wish/1140498248 sq648 https://padlet.com/jamiebuckland1/ffsrlciw00juz30n/wish/1140647648 Does pro-abortion mean the same as pro-choice?

- You can be pro-choice without really being pro-abortion.  Little for instance thinks it's a very difficult decision, and being pro-choice doesn't mean you're pro-abortion.

Although it might not be as straightforward as that.  Some might argue that the choice of an abortion always involves in the intentional
killing of a human being (person), so being pro-choice means being pro-abortion qua killing.


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