Critical Reading: “Unspeakable Conversations” Could the killing of an unborn disabled child be considered acceptable in today’s society? Selective infanticide is a very controversial topic that many have argued about over past years. In her article “Unspeakable Conversations” disabilities activist and lawyer Harriet McBryde Johnson demonstrates her viewpoint on this issue. She writes this article as a story, with herself being the narrator. It follows her journey as she feuds with Peter Singer
Summary of Peter Singers Excerpt from Taking Lives Mr. Singer states that the right to life is essentially tied to a being's capacity to hold preferences, which in turn, is essentially tied to a being's capacity to feel pain and pleasure. Singer also classifies euthanasia as voluntary, involuntary, or non-voluntary. Voluntary euthanasia is that to which the subject consents. He argues in favor of voluntary euthanasia and some forms of non-voluntary euthanasia, including infanticide in certain instances
The argument for abortion has been going on for a long time, just under different circumstances or under a different name, but still with the same base concept. Nowadays there are politicians arguing over pro/anti-abortion, still the same concept. But till now it is hard for everybody to determine when can be a fetus considered to be legally killed. Reading the case of Roe v Wade, we read that there was a single lady with a pregnancy, who claimed that she was raped (which she denied later), wanted