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ETHICAL DISCUSSION OF ABORTION For thousands of years of western civilization, abortion was generally illegal after ‘quickening’
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ETHICS Jared Dunbar 9733163 Tutor: Michael Menlowe Date: 12.01.02 ETHICAL DISCUSSION OF ABORTION For thousands of years of western civilization, abortion was generally illegal after 'quickening' (the point at about four months into pregnancy when a baby kicks). This tradition can be traced back at least to the Ancient Greeks. In his book Politics, Aristotle said that 'the line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.' Aristotle thus contended that the right to life generally accrues earlier than birth and irrespective of whether the baby is strong enough to survive after birth (i.e. viability). However, all of the arguments against abortion boil down to six specific questions. The first five deal with the nature of the zygote-embryo-foetus growing inside a mother's womb. The last one looks at the morality of the practice. These questions are: is it alive? Is it human? Is it a person?...
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