PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thought Experiment, Moral Agency, Fetus
23 Apr 2016
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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, cloning, and genetic engineering, we encounter the same issue- the status and rights of entities such as cells, embryos, human vegetables, etc. They present the feminist" perspective which we will juxtapose to the non- feminist one. Sherwin"s text was written after warren"s and is complementary to it. Sherwin focuses more on the social conditions and outcomes of abortion while warren specifically deals with the ethical side of the issue. Sherwin espouses a relational ontology, that is, she thinks that the question of autonomy cannot be handled without considering the relationship between different social groups first (e. g. , pregnant women and fetuses). Abortion law in canada: 1989 abortion gets decriminalized; no abortion law, first trimester it is legal, after that you need physicians permission.
