Whether a given question from the list below is available as a paper topic depends on whether I ultimately decide to cover that topic in the last three weeks of class (I'm going to make a final decision on which topics to cover very soon, in part based on your feedback). If I decide to replace either abortion or gun control with a different topic, I will provide at least one paper question for that topic.
- Is the fetus a person? Does it ultimately matter for the purposes of determining whether abortion is morally permissible or not? 12. Choose one (one!) article on abortion from the following list: (a) Thomson, (b) Marquis, (c) Warren. Closely examine and critically evaluate the argument. Is it successful? 13. Choose either the article by McMahan or the article by Huemer on the issue of gun control. Provide a close examination and critical assessment of this argument: is it successful? Why or why not?