Research And Discuss About Is Abortion Wrong?

CRITICAL THINKINGEssay Two GuidelinesStep 1. Explain the standard or most popular arguments for and against the claim that fetuses have aright to life.Step 2. Explain why these arguments are or are not persuasive. If you say one is persuasive, youmust respond to Marquis’ reason for doubting that argument.1st OPTION:If you take this option, you should read Thomson’s full article on abortion.Step 3. Explain how Thomson argues that abortion is not wrong even if fetuses do have a right to life.Step 4. Explain why Thomson’s argument is good or bad.If you say it is good, you should explain why you agree with it and you should respond to possibledisanalogies (significant differences) between the case of the violinist and cases of abortion (forexample: (a) the violinist is not related to you, but your fetus is related to you – it’s family; (b) youweren’t responsible for being hooked up to the violinist, but, outside of cases of rape and perhapsfailure of birth control, people bear some responsibility for getting pregnant). You need to explainwhy these disanalogies don’t make Thomson’s argument weak. Or you need to show howThomson’s argument can be changed so that these disanalogies don’t apply.If you say it is bad, you have to explain why you think it’s bad and consider how Thomson wouldrespond to your claims. Why would she disagree with you? Give a reason that shows that herresponse to your argument would not be persuasive.2nd OPTION:If you take this option, you should read Marquis’ full article on abortion.Step 3. Explain how Marquis argues that abortion is wrong.Step 4. Explain why Marquis’ argument is or is not good.If you say it is good, you should explain why you agree with it and you should also respond to thefollowing objection: even if it is typically wrong to deprive human beings of ‘futures like ours’,abortion is still not wrong, because people are not obligated to let others use things that they own,and women own their bodies. After all, I am not obligated to donate my kidney to someone if theywould die unless I donate it because I own my kidney. Similarly, since a pregnant woman owns herbody, she is not obligated to allow a fetus to use her body.If you say it is bad, you have to explain why it’s bad and you should consider how Marquis wouldrespond to your reasoning. Why would he disagree with you? Give a reason that shows that hisresponse to your argument would not be persuasive.BOTH OPTIONS (you need to do the following steps regardless of which option youchoose):Step 5. Write an introduction that lets the reader know what your main goal in the essay is – whatyour ultimate conclusion is in the essay and how you reach that conclusion.Step 6. Write a conclusion that sums up how you reached your main goal in the essay.Length, formatting, and due date.• The final draft of the essay should be at least 5 pages and no more than 6 pages. The firstdraft should be at least 4 pages.• The margins should all be 1”. The font should be Garamond or Baskerville or Times NewRoman, 12 point. It should be double spaced• You must turn in both drafts on Blackboard. First drafts can be up to one week late, butyou will lose 2 points for every day that it is late. Late final drafts will not be accepted.Citations.You must cite all sources that you use. Note that you can view your Originality Report whenyou submit the assignment on Blackboard to see what sources it says that you used.You can use any citation style that you want, including the following:BOOKS1. Rosalind Hursthouse, On Virtue Ethics (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 28.1. Author’s Full Name, Title of Book (Place It Was Published: Publisher, Year of Publication), PageNumber Being Cited.ARTICLESIn an anthology or edited collection:2. Don Marquis, “An Argument that Abortion is Wrong,” in Ethics in Practice, 4th edn., ed. HughLaFollette (Malden: Wiley Blackwell, 2014), 141-150, at 142.2. Author’s Full Name, “Title of Article,” in Title of Book, ed. Full Name of Book’s Editors (Placeof Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page numbers of the article in the book, at pagenumber being cited.In a journal:3. Robert Lane, “Why I Was Never a Zygote,” The Southern Journal of Philosophy 41 (2003): 63-83,at 74.3. Author’s Full Name, “Title of Article,” Name of Journal and Volume Number (Year ofPublication): Page Numbers of the Article in the Journal, at Page Number Being Cited.For multiple authors, websites, and other types of sources not covered above, ask me for help orsee: http://www(dot)chicagomanualofstyle(dot)org/tools_citationguide.html