Overview
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Marquis's "Why Abortion is Immoral"
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Marquis Lecture (4 Parts)
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Steinbock’s “Why Most Abortions Are Not Wrong”
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Steinbock Lecture (4 Parts)
SUBMIT Submit complete Final Paper Drafts in M6 by NOON Wednesday
REVIEW Peer-Review/Edit will be assigned via email by 11:59pm Thirsday
ASSIGNMENT 7 In your own words and with reference to the text, reconstruct Marquis’s argument against abortion. What advantages does Marquis’s argument have over Pope John Paul II’s?
ASSIGNMENT 8 According to Steinbock, Marquis’s argument from ‘a future like ours’ (FLO) must assume one of two accounts of personal identity (over time). First, describe each account of personal identity. Second, explain how (according to Steinbock) each account leads to a problem in Marquis’s argument. In your view, is either objection compelling? Explain.
ASSIGNMENT 9 According to Steinbock , no first-trimester abortion is a wrongful killing. Reconstruct her argument to this conclusion.
DISCUSSION 9 Has Steinbock shown that a first-trimester fetus cannot be wronged? Explain. Raise objections in response to at least one other classmate. Respond to at least one classmate's objection (whether it is an objection to your original post or another classmate's).