Abortion

abortion John T. Noonan makes the argument that the jump in probability for a foetus coming to term, at a peculiar(prenominal) point in the development of the fetus, has an important implication for the military man (personhood) of the fetus. He bases this argument on the reasoning that life itself is a matter of probabilities, and most moral reasoning is an estimate of probabilities. He goes on to state that his argument in which a fetus has an implication for the humanity of the fetus is strictly an appeal to probabilities that real exist. To demonstrate his point concerning probabilities he uses an analogy.

The analogy he uses is of a man who shoots into the bushes because of movement in the bushes. If the chances of this movement in the bushes existence a man were 200 million to one, then no one would think anything of him firing away into the bushes. However, if the chances are 4 out of 5 that the movement is a man, then you would non be justified in firing into the bushes. He u...If you exigency to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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