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Using Judith Jarvis’ Argument to Discuss Jill’s Scenario
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USING JUDITH JARVIS ARGUMENT TO DISCUSS JILL’S SCENARIO 2
Using Judith Jarvis’ Argument to Discuss Jill’s Scenario
Introduction
In the modern world, it has become necessary to understand that procreation is
different from sex, and people should use the latter to express their feeling, intimacy,
and love towards one another. This paper aims to consider situations where people take
contraceptives to avoid pregnancy after sex while being conscious, they risk becoming
pregnant. Essentially, this leads to debate over the ethics of abortion.
Thomson's argument over abortion
While arguing about the ethics of abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson, in his article,
claims that the fetus has a right to be protected because it is a moral individual.
However, she has a differing position by claiming that despite the fetus having the moral
right to life, the bearer has a moral right to terminate it if it becomes a bother to use a
mother's resources. Judith Thomson adds that the mother has a moral right to terminate
a pregnancy when the mother's life is endangered (Shafer-Landau, 2010). Judith
supports his argument that a mother who feels her life is at risk can terminate the
pregnancy to preserve her life. Judith Thomson argues that a pregnant woman should
be allowed to enjoy individual freedom while carrying the pregnancy. In other words,
Judith Thomson tries to say that although the fetus is a developing person, the rights of
the expectant mother should prevail over the rights of the fetus. To defend his position,
Judith Thomson draws insights from various experiments.
One of the well-known experiments involves the metaphor of a violinist. In this
experiment, the violinist's kidneys are not effective and need to be saved from dying. In
this situation, the Music Lovers Association has gone through the medical records and
discovered that the only person who can save the violinist is me. As a result, they
decide to kidnap me, and the next morning, I find myself connected to the violinist's
circulatory system. While still in shock, I am aware that the violinist will die once I decide
to detach myself from him (Shafer-Landau, 2010). Besides, I am also notified that for
the violinist to survive, I will have to spend nine months because that is the only way the
violinist will have recovered fully and live independently. Ideally, this would leave me in
a dilemma between choosing to detach myself or let him die. According to Judith
Thomson, I have the moral right to denounce my individual rights' torment despite the
consequences. Thomson argues that I have the right to disengage from the violinist
despite the fact that the violinist will die (Shafer-Landau, 2010). For Judith Thomson, it
is permissible to cause the violinist to die. Getting back to the anecdote, Thomson
claims that a pregnant mother has the right to abort, particularly when the pregnancy is
a result of rape.
In essence, the argument raised by Judith Thomson helps in making a clear
distinction between a right to assistance and a right to life. More elaborately, it seems
that everything or everyone has a right to life but not entitled to the right to assistance.
The right to assistance is dependent on the provider's willingness to help. As such, if an
individual is not willing to help, that's his or her right (Shafer-Landau, 2010). Back in the
hospital, the patient's right to life does not imply I have to be forced to assist.

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Running head: USING JUDITH JARVIS’ ARGUMENT TO DISCUSS JILL’S SCENARIO Using Judith Jarvis’ Argument to Discuss Jill’s Scenario Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date 1 USING JUDITH JARVIS’ ARGUMENT TO DISCUSS JILL’S SCENARIO 2 Using Judith Jarvis’ Argument to Discuss Jill’s Scenario Introduction In the modern world, it has become necessary to understand that procreation is different from sex, and people should use the latter to express their feeling, intimacy, and love towards one another. This paper aims to consider situations where people take contraceptives to avoid pregnancy after sex while being conscious, they risk becoming pregnant. Essentially, this leads to debate over the ethics of abortion. Thomson's argument over abortion While arguing about the ethics of abortion, Judith Jarvis Thomson, in his article, claims that the fetus has a right to be protected because it is a moral individual. However, she has a differing position by claiming that despite the fetus having the moral right to life, the bearer has a moral right to terminate it if it becomes a bother to use a mother's resources. Judith Thomson adds that the mother has a moral right to terminate a pregnancy when the mother's life is endangered (Shafer-Landau, 2010). Judith supports his argument that a mother who feels her life is at risk can terminate the pregnancy to preserve her life. Judith Thomson argues that a pregnant woman should be allowed to enjoy individual freedom whi ...
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