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According to Marquis, abortion is seriously morally wrong because it is an act of killing a being with a right to life and killing a being with a right to life is seriously morally wrong because it robs such a being of its future--a future, in particular, of great value like ours.
This essay sets. out an argument that purports to show, as well as any argument in. ethics can show, that abortion is, except possibly in rare cases, seri- ously immoral, that it is in the same moral category as killing an. innocent adult human being. The argument is based on a major assumption.
Don Marquis: "Why Abortion is Immoral" I. Marquis' Main Goal. "The purpose of this essay is to develop a general argument for the claim that the overwhelming majority of deliberate abortions are seriously immoral" (183) II. A Standoff between Anti-abortionists and Pro-choicers.
Anna Christensen. AbsTrACT. In ’Why Abortion is Immoral’, Don Marquis argues that abortion is wrong for the same reason that murder is wrong, namely, that it deprives a human being of an FLO, a ’future like ours,’ which is a future full of value and the experience of life.
Recent critics of Don Marquis's antiabortion argument1 have focused on an assumption embedded in the argument: if a fetus has a right to life, then nearly all abortions are immoral.
Marquis was best known for his paper "Why Abortion Is Immoral", which appeared in The Journal of Philosophy in April, 1989. This paper has been reprinted over 80 times, and is widely cited in the philosophical debate over abortion.
The Journal of Philosophy. Volume 86, Issue 4, April 1989. Don Marquis. Pages 183-202. https://doi.org/10.2307/2026961. Why Abortion Is Immoral. << Previous Article. >> Next Article. Already a subscriber or member?
