Upload
madaline-osborn
View
21
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
abortion. introduction. introduction. introduction. introduction. introduction. Don’t like serial killers? Don’t be one. introduction. definitions. The fetus is the unborn entity at any stage of development. An abortion is the intentional destruction of a fetus. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
I N T R O D U C T I O N
abortion
introduction
introduction
introduction
introduction
Don’t like serial killers? Don’t be one.
introduction
definitions
The fetus is the unborn entity at any stage of development.
An abortion is the intentional destruction of a fetus.Something is a human in the genetic sense if and only if
(iff) it is a homo sapien.Something is a human in the moral sense iff it is the sort
of thing that has rights, like the right to life.X has a prima facie right to Y iff it would be wrong for
someone to take Y from X, all else being equal (i.e., there is some moral reason not to take X from Y).
the central argument
1. The fetus is a human in the moral sense.2. If (1), the fetus has a prima facie right to life.3. If the fetus has a prima facie right to life, abortion is
prima facie wrong.4. [So] Abortion is prima facie wrong.
definitions
To analyze a concept is to provide a list of necessary and sufficient conditions for that concept to apply.
Something is a if and only if .Something is a square iff .Something is God iff . Something is a person iff .
the species criterion
The Species Criterion: Something is a person iff it is a homo sapien.