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WellInformedSunset

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1971

Judith Jarvis Thomson

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abortion philosophy ethics moral philosophy

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This PDF document is an article by Judith Jarvis Thomson arguing in favor of the permissibility of abortion under certain circumstances. It discusses the complex ethical issues surrounding abortion using thought experiments, highlighting the moral implications of different situations. The article examines the relationship between a woman's bodily autonomy and the right to life of the fetus.

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A Defense of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 1. (Autumn, 1971), pp. 47-66. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-3915%28197123%291%3A1%3C47%3AADOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G Philosophy and Public Affairs is currently published by Prince...

A Defense of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 1. (Autumn, 1971), pp. 47-66. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-3915%28197123%291%3A1%3C47%3AADOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G Philosophy and Public Affairs is currently published by Princeton University Press. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/journals/pup.html. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to and preserving a digital archive of scholarly journals. For more information regarding JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. http://www.jstor.org Fri Jan 26 05:11:58 2007

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