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Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. — John Dewey

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哲學功課﹕墮胎的道德爭議 Is Abortion Morally Permissible or Wrong?

24th Nov 2007 1,489 2 哲道閒人

這個學期我修讀了道德哲學。這科除了講解道德理論外﹐還會從道德哲學的角度﹐去討論現今社會常見的道德問題。這篇功課是探討墮胎是否合乎道德。在一般有關墮胎的道德爭議中﹐爭論的問題是胎兒是否算是人﹐擁有人類的基本生存權。毫無疑問新生嬰兒一定是人﹐但正如我們不會說雞蛋等於雞﹐同樣道理受精卵不可能算是人。那從受精卵至出生的十月懷胎裏﹐胎兒那一刻起才可以算是人﹐才可以受到人權的保護呢﹖… [...]

哲學功課: Don Marquis’s view on the Morality of Abortion

31st Aug 2007 573 0 哲道閒人

In Don Marquis’ paper “An Argument that Abortion is Wrong”, he argues abortion is morally wrong for the same reason as murder. His argument is different from the standard pro-life argument that stress that the fetus is both human and… [...]