Category: Abortion

  • Abortion: G. Marino’s Controversial Points of View

    Table of Contents Introduction Essence Conclusion Reference Introduction Abortion has been a topic of discussion for a long time due to the controversial views about it. Many philosophers and thinkers have been arguing the reasonableness of abortion, and they still cannot find one common conclusion that would allow to justify or to prohibit such an…

  • Social Exchange Theory and Abortion Legalization

    Nowadays, in many countries, abortion legalization is “frozen” intentionally because of the conflict of interests. On the one hand, politicians want to increase their social rating by providing populist measures of birth rate increasing among developed countries’ citizens. On the other hand, there is a dilemma that states whether to save a child’s life and…

  • Abortion Topic in “A Defense of Abortion” by Thomson

    Table of Contents Introduction Author’s Position Reconstruction of the Argument Reaction to the Argument Conclusion Work Cited Introduction An abortion belongs to one of the most controversial issues discussed in modern society. Many philosophers, researchers, and scientists have explored the question of whether it is morally just to kill a fetus and other topic-related problems.…

  • Ban on Abortions as Current Civil Rights Issue

    One should note that based on the article’s objective, trustworthy and reliable data, prohibiting abortion in the United States is one of our time’s most fundamental and significant concerns. In this case, the author focuses on the constitutional right to misbirth from the point of view of privacy, which is currently violated. Nonetheless, the Supreme…

  • The Abortion Debate: The Conservative and Liberal Arguments Against

    The conservative argument against abortion holds that abortion is not permissible, except under certain conditions. According to this perspective, abortion should only be allowed under some circumstances, such as pregnancy resulting from rape or incest. However, the extreme conservative position argues that abortion is not permissible under any circumstances (Sheldon, 2016). The underlying principle or…

  • Sex-Selective Abortions Around the World

    Despite the progress in social justice, several nations still permit and practice a frequent type of gender discrimination nowadays. Cultural, racial, and national barriers are all impacted by prenatal sex discrimination. Through sex-selected abortions it is carried out with impunity in many nations. Abortion for an unborn kid exclusively based on the child’s sex is…

  • Abortion’s Physical and Psychological Effects

    In regards to the article by Payne (1991), there are no images, tables, or figures used. It is merely a collection of letters to the editor, and therefore, the content is not scholarly at all. Although some information presented in the articles is worth reading, the credibility of the content cannot be guaranteed. On the…

  • The Problem of Abortion

    Introduction The problem of abortion is considered to be a very controversial issue and it is so. First of all, here the opposite views of science and religion should be mentioned. It is a fact that any religious belief is against abortion because it is a real murder and life-stopping. Main body The question about…

  • Violinist Analogy in Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion”

    Table of Contents Introduction Summary of Judith Jarvis Thomson’s Argument Judith Jarvis Thomson’s Analogy Evaluation Conclusion References Introduction The practice of abortions is one of the most debatable issues on the social agenda. Even though this discussion has been one of the earliest in the feministic narrative, the public opinion on it stays ambiguous. According…

  • Thompson’s ‘A Defense of Abortion’ and Hursthouse’s ‘Virtue Theory and Abortion’

    Reading: A defense of abortion In the first reading, Judith Jarvis Thompson evaluates various arguments against abortion from the perspective of ethical reasoning. The key idea conveyed in the text is that, even if the premise that an unborn child is a person is accepted, there are cases where abortion is not unethical. The author…