What, According to Thomson, Does It Mean to Say That

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Essay

What, according to Thomson, does it mean to say that someone has "the right to life"? How is Thomson's view of the right to life different from other conceptions of it?

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Definitions:

Phallic

Referring to or characterized by the third stage of psychosexual development in Freudian theory, focusing on the genital organs as the primary source of pleasure.

Latency

In psychoanalytic theory, a period of childhood development characterized by the sublimation of instinctual drives; it is considered a phase of relative psychological calm.

Oral Stage

The first phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory, where an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth, leading to behaviors like sucking and biting.

Fixated

The psychological state or condition of being obsessively focused or attached to a person, thing, or idea.