Wednesday 7/25

The Principle of Analogy: The Abortion Debate

Readings

Texts

• John Noonan, "An Almost Absolute Value in History"
• Judith Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion"

Notes

• Noonan's Argument
• Noonan's First Premise
• Noonan's Third Premise
• Thomson's Variation
• Thomson's Argument
• The Extreme View
• The Second Variation
• The Third Variation
• The Fourth Variation

Cases

• Iris' Dilemma