Thursday, February 25, 2010
Abortion should I?
Firsts of all, Plato and I (Aristotle) would be opposed to abortion. However, I can say that I sort of agree with this but, I tend to contradict myself because at the end I don’t agree with this because I think of abortion as not morally permissible. But I will honestly say that I haven’t actually got on the topic in full. Considering my golden mean or middle path as you want to call it. Golden mean means that you can’t be too good or too bad. In other words nothing at extreme is ok. And we can’t forget my great emphasis on freedom for the individual as opposed to the power of the state.Therefore, I think that every individual believes his or her action is for the best, that it will somehow advance goodness, and here is what I mean; “Every action and pursuit is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim" Ok, I know that this can sound not as good as is suppose to, because I know that this looks like that everything is permissible because everything leads to the good, at least that is how people think. In fact, I tend to differentiates between acts that people believes to be good and those that are in fact good. You have seen my way of asking questions and getting to a different point in Plato´s books. So I can say that this is a great example of how I tend to contradict people. But returning to our question; a woman who seeks an abortion might believe she is seeking the best for herself and the unborn fetus. However, even if that were true that is not the best choice, because you don’t have the right to take a person’s life. However, in “Politics” my book I reflected the acceptance of abortion in ancient Greek society. However, this will depend on the amount of people you have in the family. If the couple have children in excess, it is ethical to apply an abortion. However, if they apply the abortion, it must be before sense and life have begun.
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As I said before with stealing, lying or cheating abortion depends on the circumstance the woman is passing through. There are many points of view of abortion but most of the cases are wrong. To me this decision depends on the feeling the mom have towards the baby or in the situation she is in. For example abortion is alright when the woman has been abuse or because of some kind of sickness the mother or the child has. Given birth is an important part of a woman life so abortion should be well thought before making the decision.
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I agree with Hume...everything will depend on what the child's mom is passing through, she will have the freedom to keep the baby or just sacrifice him for his or her own good, situation may differ. Still we need to save space in planet Earth and as long as we can we will keep aborting if the case gives us the opportunity to do so. As long as it refers to "excess of children", that's part of our responsibilities as human beings, we can't just be having sex and then aborting if we don't want the child. There are different methods today to prevent pregnancy. We support abortion but not murder!
ReplyDeleteTHREAT TO THE GOLDEN RULE!
ReplyDeleteKANT: in weighing the morality of actions, would you want to be treated with disrespect? disrespect to your own right to live?
"We must treat people with respect rather than as means to selfish gratifications. "
WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION, FOCUS OUR MORAL OBLIGATIONS on the need to treat people with respect for their dignity and moral worth.
@MIRIAM & ANTONIETH:
ReplyDeleteEVEN THOUGH THE WOMAN HAS THEIR OWN CHOICE TO WHAT TO DO WITH HER OWN BODY SHE SURE DONT HAVE THE RIGHT TO THREATEN THE LIFE OF ANOTHER BEINGS BODY (BABY)
REESTATING: we must treat people with respect rather than as means to selfish gratifications
in this case consider, the mom being selfish, denying his unborn child the right to live....
CORRECTION TO TIPE-O
ReplyDelete*in this case consider the mom being selfish , denying *her unborn child the right to live...
Abortion? Of what? Recalling my previous points, females don't exist, if this is true, wombs don't exist, so there is no possibility for a baby to be formed. This ideas are products of a person's imagination. Nothing exists. People try to make up through their lives and don't realize all the bizarre circumstances. If nothing exists their are no ethics and abortion is non existent.
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