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Ethical Ideas & Modern Christian Society Essay

   

Added on  2020-05-16

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1ETHICSIntroductionThe purpose of the following essay is to develop an idea about the ethical ideas that arevery important in the modern Christian society. The two of the most important ethical things thatare very important in this context are the Deontological ethics by Immanuel Kant and theutilitarianism by John Stuart Mill. These two ethical considerations have to be discussed in thelight of the scenario of the fact of choosing to have an abortion though being raised in a catholicfamily.Utilitarianism and Kantianism about abortionThe ethics of utilitarianism is being seen in the philosophical sayings by John Stuart Mill.Generally, abortion is considered to be n event where pregnancy is terminated at an early stage.This is done very much willingly (Theofanidis, Fountouki & Pediaditaki, 2013). There are manycontroversies that surround this issue and this is why many people have opined have differentviews about it. These views have to be kept in mind and the conclusion has to be drawn properly.Generally there have been two views about the factor of abortion. One is the pro-life and one osthe pro-choice. The first view means that no life can be taken away by any means. However, thesecond choice of the pro-life means abortion can be given an option only to the family of thefetus (Kaczor, 2014).Immanuel Kant has believed that every man and woman has a right on his or her life. Heor she has the freedom to choose what he or she actually wants to do in his life. This is why thebelievers of utilitarianism have believed that the factor of abortion can be justified under some ofthe circumstances. They always believe in the factor of happiness in the world. They feel that thehappiness of all the people is very much important in this regard. The most important elements

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