Abortion is the termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival. The Roman Church does not accept abortion. There are two factors influencing the debate of abortion.

The first way one can argue about abortion is by stating that the fetus, although not a child that walks around, still has life and hence has a moral status and so is entitled to a full life. Looking at it from the graduated species criterion, we can see

As seen in my paper, I have discussed the three issues of abortion, world hunger and war. As it is obvious, the three issues, although involve the same topic, are very different from each other. Whether or not it is right to kill someone or let him or her die really depends on the situation. An argument that I have always heard against killing or letting die is that we have no right to play God. Therefore, if a person is in need of food, clothing or shelter, we should always help them. The question arises when the situation is such that it is better for everybody to let people just take care themselves and not worry about others. Is there a solution to this dilemma?

how this ties back to this argument. According to the graduated species criterion, a zygote is a person. A fetus is scientifically proven to resemble a person and definitely has a potential for becoming a person.

World Hunger is a common problem that is faced by many of the underdeveloped countries in the world. In contrast to America, which has a very high standard of living, there are many counties where it is difficult to even eat once a day. How do we tackle it is the question. Do we go out and help those countries? Or do we let them fend for themselves? If we just leave them, does that mean that we are letting them die? How do we justify what we do? To understand this, we need to look at the two perspectives.

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