Ideas of Judith (Jarvis) Thomson, by Theme
[American, b.1929, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts
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Temporal parts is a crazy doctrine, because it entails constantly creating stuff ex nihilo [Koslicki]
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How can point-duration slices of people have beliefs or desires?
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
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Is someone's right to life diminished if they were conceived by a rape?
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No one is morally required to make huge sacrifices to keep someone else alive for nine months
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It can't be murder for a mother to perform an abortion on herself to save her own life
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A newly fertilized ovum is no more a person than an acorn is an oak tree
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Maybe abortion can be justified despite the foetus having full human rights [Foot]
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The foetus is safe in the womb, so abortion initiates its death, with the mother as the agent. [Foot]
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The right to life does not bestow the right to use someone else's body to support that life
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The right to life is not a right not to be killed, but not to be killed unjustly
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