Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes

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True/False

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 thinks that the belief that a fetus is not a person implies that you can do to it anything you wish.

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Definitions:

Stimuli

External factors or agents that can elicit a physiological or psychological response or reaction in an organism.

Perception

The process of interpreting sensory information to form a meaningful understanding of the environment.

Reception

Reception generally refers to the act or process of receiving or being received, often used to describe the area in a building where visitors are greeted.

Sensation

The process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.