The Philosophy of the Abortion Debate | Prof. Angela Knobel
The Thomistic Institute
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Moral Value Depends on the Possession of Certain Properties, Right?
Marianne warren says that a woman who has an abortion to avoid having to postpone a trip to europe should feel no qualms, even if she's in her eight or ninth month. She doesn't think you're doing anything frent than flushing a goldfish down the toilet. The moral seriousness of killing something has to do with how you score on the test, right? Now, eh? And that means the personhood can be gainedand gained and lost. I think about somebody who is in a coma. Not going to pass the test. Get out of the comma. Pass the test, get back in the coma. Don't pass the test,right? Many
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