An Essay Of Two Abortion Arguments - 1701 Words

Jill Sikora Marquis v.s. Thomson (An Essay of Two Abortion Arguments) Philosophers, lawyers, theologians and others have devoted and continue to devote their lives to study of the ethics of abortion. Since abortion was legalized, the abortion debate has intensified, and does not show any signs of being resolved anytime soon. The idea’s that advocate the women’s right to abort or the proactive logic that supports the pro-life view and the fundamental identity of the baby all come in hand when looking at the ethics of abortion .American philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thompson and american philosopher Don Marquis both came up with very good arguments to support what they believe. First let’s look at Judith Jarvis Thomson s arguments†¦show more content†¦Does the fetus have the fundamental right to the woman s body? Let’s look at another for that Thomson uses. â€Å"If your room is stuffy, and you know that burglars exist, and that by opening your window, there’s a chance of being burgled, have you given the right to your property† (Thomson, 249). Of course not, and especially if you had installed bars on the windows- precisely from keeping the theft from coming in, however the burglar got in because of some defect. This is of course related to voluntary sex even when contraceptives are used, like the theft coming in even when you put bars up, even if the person isn t a burglar, and just stumbles in accidentally. Thomson continues to give another example of this, â€Å"People -seeds, drift in the air like pollen, and if you open your windows, one may drift about in and take root in your carpets. You don t want children, so you fix your windows with fine mesh screens, the very best you can buy. 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