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Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes

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Beckwith evaluates several arguments for the permissibility of abortion and concludes that they all fail. He finds fault with the argument from a woman's right over her own body, the argument from abortion being safer than childbirth, and Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous "violinist" argument.
-English points out that animals are not persons, yet to kill or torture them for no reason at all is wrong.


Definitions:

Hasty Generalization

A logical fallacy that involves making a rushed conclusion based on insufficient evidence.

Fallacy

A reasoning error that causes an argument to be invalid.

Examples

Instances or cases that are representative of a concept, principle, or condition, used to illustrate or clarify.

Generalize

To make a general statement or concept by inferring from specific cases.

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