… really? Let's say, for sake of argument, that a fetus is a life, equal in rights to that of a human.
What counterpoint is there to support the argument that 2 dead is better than 1 dead?
What counterpoint is there to support the argument that 2 dead is better than 1 dead?
There are lots of ethical frameworks where it is better to both die than murder the child.
That said, the situation posed by the OP was the the mother may die (e.g. there are risks).
What percent shared risk of death do you think would justify strangling a 2 year old child?
personally, Im pretty middle of the road on abortion and can understand where each side is coming from.
Let's look at the same problem but swap out the actors. Say you have one man with a mortal wound to his heart, and another man with a mortal wound to his lungs. Both will probably die, both men have families, and neither wants to die. Is it ethical to murder one man without his consent and harvest the deceased's organs to save the other?
The only moral framework I know that would accept that is the strongest form of utilitarianism.
I'd say it's perfectly ethical to kill the man with the mortal heart wound and take his lungs.