Of Gensler's Argument Against The Morality Of Abortion

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To conclude, while Gensler does make a sound Kantian argument against the morality of abortion through his use of the logical consistency and universability test, he actually fails to prove that maxims regarding abortion cannot be universalized. As Feldman argues in her work, a rational agent can be both happy to be alive and also find the idea of his/her mother having a right to choose what happens to her body and hence acknowledging the possibility of his/her being aborted as a fetus to be acceptable. Thus, Gensler’s argument seems illogical with regard to Kantian ethics and what is more, he even fails to view the pregnant woman as an active moral agent and neglects her reasons for choosing the abortion. Further, through her discussion of

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