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  • Moral philosophy: normative theories, applied ethics

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Crucial passages from the US Supreme Court on abortion rights

  • Consider the judgments given by justices. How do you think different philosophers would view them?

  • Bentham and Mill wrote specifically in favour of securing more rights for women. How could variations of utilitarianism apply to the right to abortion?

  • The Trolley Problem was created by Philippa Foot in a 1967 paper on the right to abortion. What point was she making?    

Jack Robertson, Queen Elizabeth’s School Barnet

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