Kant’s View on Abortion - Essay - dc317.
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was considered to be the main figure of modern philosophy. He lived from 22 April 1724 to 12 February 1804. Let's look at scenario one for Kant. The Categorical Imperative can be defined as a way of evaluating motivations for actions.
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Introduction: Abortion An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion.
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By having an abortion you are disregarding the sacred value of life and so are likely o be reborn in a low, hell realm. Buddhist belief is that abortion is intrinsically wrong as it contradicts all of their key teachings. Kant, like the Buddhists, has an absolutist view on ethics and again, as in Buddhism, believes that abortion is always wrong.
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A KANTIAN ARGUMENT AGAINST ABORTION 87 would have to have a concept of itself as a continuing subject of experiences - a concept it cannot as yet have). .'. No fetus has a right to its continued existence. Tooley claims that the first premise is not correct as it stands; we must add three qualifications to make the premise harmonize with our.
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First let’s take a look at abortion from an egoism point of view. Ethical egoism is faced with one concern when it comes to the topic of abortion and that is looking out for number one. In the words of Barbara MacKinnon (33) 1, “I ought to look out for my own interests.
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Animality and Agency: A Kantian Approach to Abortion lara denis1 Agnes Scott College This paper situates abortion in the context of women’s duties to themselves. I argue that the fundamental Kantian requirement to respect oneself as a rational being, combined with Kant’s view of our animal nature, form the basis for a view.
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We analyze the issue of abortion in different situations and the first one is extreme pro life position which says that abortion is unethical and should be considered illegal in all the situations. People who believe in this theory endorse the opinion that fetus is a human being irrespective of its development.