PHI 220 VWCC Abortion Debate Discussion

For most conservatives the fetus is alive, a human organism, of a person from conception, that is why they believe that abortion is morally wrong unless the mother’s life is at stake.  Textbook raises serious objections against the arguments in defense of conservativism.  It suggests that there is nothing wrong with abortions beyond those accepted by conservatives if these abortions occur before viability.  After describing the most powerful arguments or reasons in defense of a much more liberal position on abortion,  take a stance and tell the reader whether you agree or disagree.  Do you agree of disagree with this most liberal position on abortion?   Whatever your answers, give reasons connected to what you learned from our discussion of abortion, and defend your answer against objections to your position.

General Instructions (Make Sure that You Follow These Instructions):

The essay must be between 2.5 and 3.5 pages maximum ( or between 700-900 words), typed, doubled-spaced, written in a 12-point font, and properly referenced. You can use any of the ideas of the philosophers to construct or defend your position. However, I EXPECT you to show some originality, at least in the examples or evidence you decide to use in support of your position.

The essay should contain the following essential parts:

1. An introduction: The introduction should provide the reader with background information for your topic, state your main thesis, as well as the reasons you intend to give in support or in defense of your thesis. In an essay of this size, it should be no more than one paragraph.

2. The main body of the essay: 

2.1. Should develop in detail—using relevant examples, illustrations, etc.—the reasons you gave in the introduction in support of your thesis.

2.2. Should include an assessment of objections—an honest effort to take into account any objections that readers are likely to raise about your thesis statement or the reasons you gave in defense of it. It isn’t necessary to consider every possible objection, just the strongest or more common ones. 

3. Conclusion: it should reiterate the thesis statement (though usually not in exactly the same words), perhaps a summary of the argument, or explore interesting or unexpected implications of a claim defended in the body of the essay. It can also ask new questions or reassert the importance of the thesis statement.