PHIL 001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Moral Evil, Consequentialism, Fetus
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Andro mathewson, university of pennyslvania, Abortion deprives fetus of future like ours: the violinist case you are kidnapped by the society of music lovers and are hooked up to a dying violist, who needs you for 9month to survive. Thompson argues it is permissible to unhook yourself some ones" right to use ones body as one wishes outweighs someone else"s right to life. Andro mathewson, university of pennyslvania: henry fonda case only henry fonda"s touch will save my life, but fonda is not required to do so. Autonomy contributes to a good life, even when there is no pleasure involved: the shape of life the order of our experiences matter to whether our life is good or not. Sufficient** - if x fulfills an informed desire about your own life, then x is good: argument against * - not actually about your own life.
