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This article introduces five arguments challenging the notion that non-sentience alone justifies abortion. It suggests alternative ethical considerations beyond fetal sentience for pro-abortion viewpoints.

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abortionmanipulationnon-sentience

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Area of Science:

  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Bioethics

Background:

  • The ethical debate surrounding abortion often centers on fetal sentience.
  • Non-sentience is frequently proposed as a sufficient condition to deem abortion morally permissible.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present five distinct arguments against non-sentience as a sufficient condition for the moral permissibility of abortion.
  • To explore alternative ethical frameworks for evaluating abortion.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation
  • Ethical analysis
  • Presentation of five specific arguments: formal paradox, third-person, abortionist status, implicit antinatalist premise, and manipulation.

Main Results:

  • Non-sentience is not a sufficient condition for abortion to be considered morally permissible.
  • The presented arguments challenge common pro-abortion reasoning based solely on non-sentience.
  • Alternative ethical considerations beyond sentience are relevant to abortion debates.

Conclusions:

  • Ethical evaluations of abortion should not solely rely on the criterion of non-sentience.
  • The five arguments presented offer new perspectives for pro-abortion discourse.
  • Non-sentience is neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition for arguing abortion is not immoral.