Philosophy in film: The Abortion Problem
The Abortion Problem
o Cristian Mungiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, & 2 Days [ the movie ]
o Judith Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion" [ reading ]
o Carol Gilligan, “Concepts of Self and Morality” [ reading ]
Argue for whether 4 Months, 3 Weeks, & 2 Days is pro-life or pro-
choice? [ paper's topic ]
EACH RESPONSE NEEDS TO:
1) have a title
2) answer the question.
3) bold main claim (otherwise known as a thesis)
4) have a beginning (introduces the text you are writing about and the topic), a middle (the
bulk of the paper where you make an argument), and an end (where you tell me what you
wrote about).
5) analyze at least one quotation from the text.
6) cite quotations properly (Plato, Republic, 430a2).
7) be broken into multiple paragraphs that communicate a thought and build on each other to
argue for your claim. This should look like a mini-paper.
8) be no longer than 400 words.
9) reference readings and the film.
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Philosophy in the Film
Released in 2007, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a Romanian art movie that has a lot of thriller and drama. The film has been directed and written by Cristian Mungiu and the leading roles are played by Vlad Ivanov, Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu ("4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days" 2007). 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is set in Communist Romania and its story is about two students who are roommates too. They try to procure an illegal abortion. Unlike other famous movies like Juno, Knocked Up and Waitress, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days treats the unplanned pregnancy as an unhappy event.
In A Defense of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson clearly mentions that the opposition to abortion is because of the reason that the fetus is a human being (Thomson 47). The same idea has been presented in this movie. It depicts that the people o...
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