University of South Florida Views on Abortion Essay Paper

Write a 4-6 page essay responding to the following prompt. Be directly responsive to the prompt. Keep your opening and concluding paragraphs as short and to the point as possible.

Present, compare and contrast the views of Thompson, Warren, Hursthouse, and Marquis regarding the question whether an early (but not very early) term fetus is a person with a right to life, and the significance they each think this has for the question whether abortion is permissible. Be sure to give each philosopher’s reasoning. In the case of Marquis, be sure to discuss and evaluate the significance he accords to the question whether the fetus is “a definite individual”. Whose position on this precise point do you think is most persuasive, and why?

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