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  • Bioethics
  • Moral Philosophy

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  • The abortion debate often centers on the moral status of the fetus and its right to life.
  • Judith Jarvis Thomson previously argued that even with a right to life, a fetus cannot claim a right to use another's body.
  • Perry Hendricks' recent work attempts to bypass rights-based discussions to argue for abortion restrictions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate Perry Hendricks' restrictivist argument concerning abortion.
  • To demonstrate the failure of Hendricks' argument, which uses a cabin case analogy.
  • To analyze the implications of Hendricks' argument for bodily autonomy and related ethical issues.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of moral arguments regarding abortion.
  • Critique of Perry Hendricks' use of a Feinberg-style cabin case.
  • Examination of the relationship between bodily rights and the moral status of the fetus.

Main Results:

  • Hendricks' argument, which seeks to restrict abortion by analogy, is found to be logically flawed.
  • The cabin case used by Hendricks does not adequately support his conclusion about restricting abortion.
  • The argument fails to establish a compelling ethical basis for compelling bodily use in the context of abortion.

Conclusions:

  • Perry Hendricks' restrictivist argument regarding abortion fails.
  • The ethical debate on abortion cannot be resolved by bypassing rights-based considerations.
  • Bodily autonomy remains a critical factor in the ethical permissibility of abortion.