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A. present and explain the main line of argument pursued by Mary Anne Warren in “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion.” Your paper should identify and explain Warren’s main thesis and explain its significance
In the article titled “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion,” Mary Anne Warren argues that abortion is morally permissible at any point of a woman’s pregnancy. Perhaps the strongest argument that Warren gives for this claim.
Warren defends an extremely permissive view on abortion, according to which abortion is morally permissible at any stage of the pregnancy and under any circumstances.
b) Present and explain what you take to be the strongest objection to this argument presented by Lee & George in “The Wrong of Abortion.”
I think the strongest objection to this argument is that the embryo is a complete or whole organism, though immature.
And (c) evaluate Warren’s argument. Does Warren respond to this objection? If so, how?
Warren argues against the claim that fetuses are persons by suggesting that personhood is not something that is automatically a part of being a member of the human species, but has to do with the possession of certain characteristics, all of which, she argues, fetuses lack
Is Lee & George’s objection ultimately effective? Lee and George’s objection ultimately is not effective. Why or why not?
I think Lee and George’s objection is not effective.