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Subquestions for 24.01 paper \#10

Main question: How does Thomson respond to the objection that ``the
mother has a special kind of responsibility issuing from the fact that
she is [the fetus'] mother''?  How does her response reflect the way
in which her opponent has framed the argument against abortion?  How
does it reflect her conception of rights?  Do you find her response to
the objection convincing?  Why or why not?

Subquestions:

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\item How would one argue that the mother has a special kind of
responsibility?  How does this argument differ from the original
argument that the fetus has a right to life?

\item What assumptions does this argument make?  What two bases can it
rest on?

\item What is Thomson's response to the argument as based on the
allegation that the mother has voluntarily invited the fetus into her
womb?

\item How does she later adapt this response to the allegation that
parents have a responsibility to support their children?

\item How does this response reflect the way the question was framed?

\item What sort of right does the objection suppose the fetus has?

\item What does Thomson think is necessary for the fetus to have such
a right?

\item Does Thomson give an argument for this, or is it a conception of
rights that we have to share in order to accept her argument?

\item Is Thomson's argument convincing?

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