Title: Abortion: Ms. Warren and Mr. Marquis Category:Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty Details: Words: 557 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Abortion: Ms. Warren and Mr. Marquis
The authors differ in that Ms. Warren presented a legal argument and Mr. Marquis
presented a moral argument. This is not to say that Ms. Warren didn't probe the moral
implications of the subject but only as to clarify for whom our morals serve.
Ms. Warren argued that an important step in finding a solution to the moral debate of
abortion would be to define what we consider a "human person". She believes that "the
term human has two distinct...senses" a moral sense and …showed first 85 words of 557 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 557 total…Marquis' essay with an open mind. I
see that I am more critical of his argument but I think it is because I think he avoids, by
the use of "potential" life, the main argument of when life is begins; at conception or at
birth. Because of this I am not swayed by his emotional argument. I agree much more
in the concept Ms. Warren argues that defining the differences between the actual person
and the potential person is necessary to accurately argue either position.
