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Personal and/or communal ethical factors: Abortion

The topic abortion is a very controversial debate, and very sensitive to

some. Recently abortion has been a very popular topic regarding whether

or not it should be legal. Along with legality involved in abortions, there

are the moral and ethical factors of each individual. When we discuss

personal ethical factors, we tend to see it as everyone has their own

beliefs and there is no right or wrong. Along with everyone's own

beliefs, the community, or people surrounding them play a big role on

their decisions and can influence changes. When we are looking at other

factors that influence them, I always refer back to the sole fact we

should not judge someone based off of their beliefs and decisions they

decide to make. Everyone has their own opinion on what they believe is

morally correct within their eyes.

Ethical positions using Kantian ethics: Abortion

Kant's categorical Imperative is defined as commands or moral laws all

persons must follow, regardless of their desires or extenuating

circumstances (Muscente 2020). Kant’s second principal formulation of

the categorical imperative, which proscribes treating persons as mere

means, applies to human embryos and fetuses (Manninen 2014). What I

think is meant by this statement is that he was trying to prove it would be

morally wrong to abort the fetus because he believed fetuses were

worthy of the same level of dignity any other person.

Annotated Bibliography 1

In this article, Abdullah (2021) discuses legal and ethical issues regarding

abortion. He states, “the act of abortion is seen from the classification of

evil, that the killing of fetal killing is not in the category of whole human

killing but is still an act of sin and sin” (p.2). From this statement it is

clear that he disagrees with abortion and stands with the fact that it

should be illegal for a woman to have an abortion……..Continue