Abstract
Abortion is seen as an immoral and unjust act by many. Nonetheless these views are under pressure to conform to the learned opinion on abortion. A variety of prestigious in the field of applied ethics support abortion in one way or another. And it is a dogma of modern liberalism that even if one is personally opposed to abortion, one must accept the neutral solution of its public permissibility. The present article defends the thesis that abortion is immoral and unjust against these contentions. With regards to the moral status of abortion, it argues that the prohibition of abortion is off a piece with the prohibition of killing generally, which is characterized by protecting all human beings equally. With regards to the compatibility of abortion permissibility with liberalism, the article argues that such a compromise is not neutral, but heavily rigged in favor of the interests and world-views of abortion proponents.
Highlights
Abortion is the intentional termination of pregnancy on part of the mother
A rightful ordering of relations between rational beings is not based on rational beings with stronger desires trumping others
Rather it is based on the possibility of identifying a cooperative schema where they all enjoy ordered equal freedom
Summary
Abortion is the intentional termination of pregnancy on part of the mother. This termination may directly aim to achieve the death of the fetus, or it may accept it as natural consequence of the separation of the fetus from the mother’s womb. This note aims to address concerns such as these and to rationalize the intuition that abortion is wrongful. Rationalization in this context means embedding the objection to abortion in a theoretical account that gives it coherence and reflective depth. Persons are accused of rationalization when it is thought that their arguments are mere masks for something they believe on irrational grounds: causes instead of reasons. It denies that the fact disagreement on the topic of abortion implies.
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