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sam.t96

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According to utilitarian reasoning, abortion is morally unjustified if it will lead to more unhappiness than happiness.
 
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According to Thomson's argument, based on the analogy of the violinist, if a fetus is a human being, then its abortion cannot be morally permissible.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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sam.t96

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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