PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Euthanasia, Toshiyori, Ad Hoc Hypothesis
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It deals, as part of the topic, with the status and rights of "border-line" entities such as fetuses. In the discussions of embryonic stem-cell research, clonging, and genetic engineering, we encounter the same issue the status and rights of entities such as cells, embryos, human vegetables, etc. On the moral and legal status of abortion (read both but focus on warren) They present the "feminist" perspective which we will juxtapose to the non-feminist one. Sherwin"s text was written after waren"s and it is complementary to it. Sherwin focuses more on the social conditions and outcomes of abortion while warren deals with the ethical side of the issue **be aware of these differences** Support: stats on illegal abortion are always hard to come by, but we do know that between 1926 and. 1947, 4000-6000 canadian women died as a result of bungle, illegal abortions. If we want to lower the numbers of abortions, here is what we can do:
