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A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares 2 essays on abortion, Don Marquis's "Why Abortion Is Immoral" and Mary Anne Warren's "The Moral Significance of Birth." The writer outlines the parameters and main points of both essays and concludes that Warren offers the most realistic real-world view. No additional sources cited.
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of his essay that when abortion is viewed from this perspective, "the problem of the ethics of abortion, so understood, is solvable" and the conclusion is that abortion, all abortion,
is immoral (Marquis 252). Within the framework of the logic of his essay, he is correct. However, Marquis purposefully sets out to narrow this framework. He readily admits in his
opening paragraphs that his essay will not examine some of the tough questions of abortion. He sidesteps issues such as when the life of the mother is threatened or "abortion
after rape," by simply not exploring the "casuistry of these hard cases" (Marquis 241). This discussion, first of all, will examine Marquiss position in more detail. This will show
that within his limited framework, he is irrefutably correct in his conclusions. However, as Marquis acknowledges with his admission of the issues he sidesteps, there are more moral, ethical, and
legal issues at stake with the debate over abortion and these issues are the focus of Mary Anne Warrens essay "The Moral Significance of Birth," which will also be examined.
By the term "fetal property," Marquis is referring to the intrinsic property of fetuses that constitutes a "general moral principle that ties a characteristic of fetuses to having
or not having the right to life" (Marquis 241). Therefore, Marquis, more or less, examines what it is that makes killing any human being wrong and concludes, "...what makes killing
any adult human being prima facie seriously wrong is the loss of his or her future" (Marquis 245). He emphasizes this point, restating it several times throughout his argument. "It
is, strictly speaking, the value of the humans future which makes killing wrong in this theory" (Marquis 246). To Marquis, birth is an arbitrary demarcation mark, as a newborn
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