Don Marquis vs. Bonnie Steinbock

Don Marquis vs. Bonnie Steinbock

Don Marquis, in his paper Why Abortion is Immoral sets about an eloquent argument that performing an abortion is in the same moral category as killing another human being. He begins by explaining why he believes it is wrong to kill: first he says that it is wrong because it brutalizes the one who kills, and also that it deprives others of the individual's presence. However, He goes on to argue that these are not the major consequences of killing someone (Don, 1984). The major consequences, he believes are that killing a person ...