PHIL 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intrauterine Device
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According to medical profession it occurs at fertilization. Contraception versus abortion: if fertilization occurs, these methods can prevent implantation of an embryo in the uterus: Contraceptive pill: conservatives usually claim that abortion is seriously morally wrong from conception wrong. If conception occurs at fertilization then these types of contraception would be seriously. Most people believe that killing is significantly morally worse than letting die: trolley case - letting 1 die to save 5, large man case - killing 1 to save 5. In contraception vs abortion: contraception prevents implantation, and this lets the embryo die, does not kill, abortion kills the (implanted) embryo. Why study the morality of abortion: an important issue that might arise in your life, an important political issue ( why so many evangelical voters support donald trump)
