"People and their Bodies". Evaluation and Objections to Judith Thomson

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 4.0, Indiana University (College of Arts and Sciences - Philosophy Department), course: PHIL-P300 Philosophical Writing Methods, language: English, abstract: This essay serves as an analysis and critique of the ideas propounded by Judith Thomson in her seminal 1970 essay "People and their Bodies". The essay begins with an overview of the central arguments and philosophical methods Thomson employs and proceed to explain several weaknesses both in the philosophical approach and the logical structure of her argumentation.

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