009 - The Argument Matrix (or, How to Know What You're Talking About)
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The Argument Matrix on the Ethics of Abortion
In the abortioned debate, there is a line of argumentation that is explicitly religious or theological. If you believe that human beings are endowed by god with a divine soul at some point between conception and birth, then what reasons do we have to think this is true? And when in the developmental process does the foetus acquire a divine soul? The moral issue is going to turn on answers to these questions. But notice that expertese on this topic is confined to this particular branch of the argument matrix. There are other lines of reasoning on the ethics of abortion that are non religious. One such line focuses on the concept of personhood, and whether the foetus can be said to be a
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