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Mind Map by beth harvey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by beth harvey
about 10 years ago
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Ethical Issues raised by
Abortion
- Human Life
- This is any living entity that has DNA from the
species homo sapiens
- This is any living entity that has DNA from the
species homo sapiens
- Human Person
- Any form of human life that is
also considered a person
- Any form of human life that is
also considered a person
- Utilitarianism
- Depending on the situation will
determine whether abortion is the
right thing to do or not
- Only works if it is actually possible to assess the
results of an abortion and decide whether they
favour all concerned
- Difficult as we cannot predict
consequences
- Difficult as we cannot predict
consequences
- Preference Utilitarianism may be a better
approach because it considers everyone's
preference
- Depending on the situation will
determine whether abortion is the
right thing to do or not
- Natural Law
- Considers the action of abortion itself
not the consequences
- Reproduction is a primary
precept and abortion goes
against this
- If you consider the foetus to be a human person from conception,
then abortion also goes against the primary principle to preserve
innocent life
- Considers the action of abortion itself
not the consequences
- Kantian Ethics
- Abortion would be hard to
universalise
- There are so many different situations and motivations
for obtaining an abortion. All consideration of
emotions must be disregarded
- Abortion is an emotional
decision
- Abortion is an emotional
decision
- There are so many different situations and motivations
for obtaining an abortion. All consideration of
emotions must be disregarded
- Emphasis on treating people as ends in
themselves and not as a means to an end.
- Abortion would go against this if the foetus is considered to
be a person
- Abortion would go against this if the foetus is considered to
be a person
- Abortion would be hard to
universalise
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