Schouten

Question 1

assumptions

Answer 1

Fetus’s status is morally considerable
Feminist Ideology
Dependency is ubiquitous and does not weaken moral claim to aid:
- Claim to care is not dependent upon fortune in social connections
- Care-giving obligations can compel even if not voluntarily undertaken

Question 2

general thesis/argument

Answer 2

1) Obligation to care is a collective obligation
2) Dependency generates shared social obligation to provide care
3) Care-giving obligations can compel even when not voluntarily undertaken
4) The moral obligation to gestate is a shared, social obligation, which falls to the unwillingly pregnant woman only contingently, because she is uniquely capable of discharging it.
5) The mother is morally obliged to care for the fetus (i.e. carry the fetus to term)

Question 3

relevant examples

Answer 3

Dutchy: duties of care can arise even when they are not voluntarily assumed.

Question 4

Rejects Thomson’s notion of “obligation-defeaters”

Answer 4

• No permission was given :: Dutchy shows taht permission isn’t needed in order to be obliged
• Burdensomeness :: doing right can sometimes require a great deal from us. t unchosen caregiving ob-ligations can obligate even when they are profoundly burdensome.
• Others’s non-compliance :: the need for care persists even under imperfect compliance
• sacrifices in bodily integrity :: The changes to one’s body and health that result from caring for children, for the sick or elderly, or for people with disabilities are significant and well known. They are owed care, just as the fetus is