Beckwith Evaluates Several Arguments for the Permissibility of Abortion and Concludes

question 7

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 completely rejects Thomson's argument.

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Definitions:

Punishment

A consequence that decreases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated in the future, often used in behavior management strategies.

Shaping

A process in behavioral psychology where successive approximations of a behavior are reinforced to teach a new behavior.

Primary Reinforcers

These are naturally reinforcing stimuli, such as food or water, that satisfy biological needs and do not require learning to become effective.

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that do not naturally provide reinforcement but have acquired reinforcing qualities through being associated with primary reinforcers.