Phi 237 1st Edition Lecture 5 Current LectureThomson’s Arguments in “ A Defense of Abortion”Unwanted Pregnancies Due to Consensual Sex31) Don’t say everyone took a risk so you consent it- Morally Interesting If you take a risk are you morally responsible?o Behavior makes her morally responsible for her consequenceso Fetal child will not exist with mothers conceptiono Don’t relate moral responsibilities with causeso Moral Responsibility and causes Implicit acceptance take child home from maternity ward- Duty agreement- Having sex is not an implicit issue of raising a child- Principal consistent with child abandonmento Committed to extreme view of dutieso Morally have duty to do something if unjust don’t do itJustice, Rights, Decency33) Can’t do it and violate rights- More than morality than justice right to what you have to do - More than morality abortions are unjusto Unjust in a moral sense- Morally indecent isn’t the same as unjusto Morally is more than justiceo More to morality than justice rights- Rights should not come and go depending on difficulty- Fairness is a huge part of justiceo Treat people in certain ways 35) Go far beyond justice demands- Being a good Samaritan comes from bible36) Minimally decent Samaritan Kitty Genovese (minimally justice calling for sure)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Pregnancy is not an essence of minimally just Samaritan Conclusion on Abortion- Most Pro-Life critics thought experiments (violinist) is morally unjust ways of pregnancy- Pro –Lifers no need to support pregnancy- Morality is demanding- Thought experiment that morality is demanding and unjust if you didn’t carry someone’s life with you body- Fetus isn’t a person yet- What is status of fetus are they a person?- What is morality status of potential person?- Potential X doesn’t have the rights of an Actual XMeta – Ethics1. If someone says this action has an action of property wrong what does that mean? How do we discipline?2. Can disagree about tastes and (like vanilla ice cream) and tastes alike?a. How do we discover?b. Nature of morality4. Other branches of ethics (3)a. Meta - Ethicsb. Normative Ethics What we are, each other and naturei. Looks for a procedural principle1. ** Golden Rule – Do unto others like you would want done to you**ii. Whether action good or bad depends on characteriii. Evaluate actionsiv. Stresses to the agents of character, intentions and consequences1. If character is bad you need to accept it and cant interfere approach called deontology2. End does not justify the meansv. Stresses consequences on action1. Healthy, wealthy, happiness, pleasurevi. More of harm to die than to lose freedomc. Applied Ethics Particular things like abortion, euthanasia cloningi. Medical ethics is apart of thisii. This is what we focus on in this class5. Morality is product of evolution don’t discount moral facts and sensibilitya. Suspicion of making morality up and projecting it to othersb. Description vs. Expression6. Moral claims are objective claims of sciencea. Moral claims of abortion being unjust and evil don’t have objectivity7. Science moving forward; less and else people who disagreea. Isn’t anything out there to disagree aboutb. Disagreement explained by morality and objective of factsc. Do our attitudes onto themd. No facts for us to converse on8. Moral claims obligatory on subculture they area. Claim a pro-lifer than guilty of protecting values onto anotherb. Intentional interest on anotherc. Just outright being unconstitutional with your beliefs9. Aren’t unusual rights10. Thinks its preemptive reproduce lives to stay in existencea. Widespread disagreement between others11. Some say preemptive if more rational and discussion and non crucial factorsa. Moral reason to
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