How is Judith Jarvis Thomson's justification of abortion supposed to work? (Don't "summarize" it; characterize it relative to its competitors.)
PARENTAL DUTIES
Lee and George reject the idea that parental responsibilities or duties ought to be conceived as consensual or contractual. Why do they reject that notion and what is the significance of their rejection? Finally if parental responsibilities are not consensual or contractual, what might be the source of their moral force?
HUMAN BEINGS/HUMAN PERSONS
What is the relevance in the abortion debate of distinguishing human persons from human beings? Might there be non-human persons or human beings that are not persons?