Applied Abortion

Question 1

Utilitarianism=Abortion

Answer 1

P1: no sanctity of life, consequentialist, teleological
P2: Bentham - hedonic calculus - YES
P3: Mill - higher and lower pleasure and universalisation - LATE STAGE NO
P4: Singer - impartial spectator, preferences - parents preferences most important - YES

Question 2

Situation Ethics = Abortion

Answer 2

P1: consequentialist, relativist, agape
P2: 4 working principles
P3: 6 fundamental principles
P4: YES in extreme situations e.g. Mother raped - but still values human life

Question 3

Kantian Ethics=Abortion

Answer 3

P1: objective, deontological approach
P2: 1st fci - YES HFEA & NHS - NO too many destroyed
P3: 2nd fci - doesn’t specify personhood - guideline by uk law
P4: 3rd fci - NO abortion of healthy foetus conflicts with overall duty to the unborn, could cause harm

Question 4

Natural Law = Abortion

Answer 4

P1: sanctity of life, contradicts our aim = imagio Dei
P2: worship God - psalm 139 “all of your days were set out before you”
P3: reproduction - preventing life from occurring
P4: protection of innocent life - life begins at conception
P5: proportionalism and doctrine of double effect - extreme circumstances and no bad intention