With this in mind, Aristotle's ethical standpoint on abortion is that it is acceptable if the groundwork of the person's decision is virtuous. ... By taking this into consideration it can be said that in the eyes of the Catholic Church the act of having an abortion is not normally permissible or acceptable; yet under some circumstances it is deemed to be okay. ... Ultimately, it can be said that the ethical viewpoints of Immanuel Kant and the Catholic Church do not consider abortion acceptable, whilst Aristotle views the act as acceptable as long as the act has rational and virtuou...

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The topic abortion covers a wide range of aspects, in this essay, two groups will be presented. The pro-choice group who argue that a woman has the right to abortion, because it is her body hence she has the freedom to do whatever she wants; and the pro-life group who argue that abortion should not ...

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After eight weeks of maturing the embryo is now deemed a fetus until birth. ... Those with a moderate view, like Judith Thomson, feel that abortion is morally acceptable up to a certain point in fetal development, and or claim that some reasons, not all, provide sufficient justification for an abortion. ...

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