Evaluate Judith Jarvis Thomsons' defense of abortion
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Evaluate Thomson's defence of abortion Abortion is not a new topic by any means and is yet still one of the most controversial subjects of our time, with Judith Jarvis Thomson's 1971 article entitled "A defence of Abortion" being one of, if not the most discussed articles with regards abortion in the last 50 years.
In this essay I will attempt to evaluate the arguments put forward by Thomson by examining them and considering whether they are
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long time to come but unfortunately at the same time will never ever be completely reconciled due to its sheer social and political scope. References *Thomson, Judith Jarvis, A Defence Against Abortion, 1971. *Finnis, John, The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion, 1973. *The Interim, http://www.theinterim.com/2004/feb/05judith.html Accessed 08/03/2004 *The Boston Review, http://www.bostonreview.net/BR20.3/thomson.html Accessed 08/03/2004 *Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, http://www.brindedcow.umd.edu/140/thomson.html Accessed 08/03/2004
long time to come but unfortunately at the same time will never ever be completely reconciled due to its sheer social and political scope. References *Thomson, Judith Jarvis, A Defence Against Abortion, 1971. *Finnis, John, The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion, 1973. *The Interim, http://www.theinterim.com/2004/feb/05judith.html Accessed 08/03/2004 *The Boston Review, http://www.bostonreview.net/BR20.3/thomson.html Accessed 08/03/2004 *Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, http://www.brindedcow.umd.edu/140/thomson.html Accessed 08/03/2004