PHI 1030
Nancy L. Brown, Ph. D.
April 14, 2008

Abortion
Jane is a twenty year-old unmarried college student that found herself unexpectedly pregnant. While considering her options, she visits Arthur and John. Arthur is a well known philosopher specializing in the Schopenhauer philosophy. John on the other hand is a well known Utilitarian author. While Jane spends a couple days visiting these two philosophers, I went with her to document her journey.
Jane first went to visit John, the Utilitarian author. After explaining that she was pregnant and considering the option of abortion, (we are going to assume in this fictional situation that abortion is legal) John started explaining the philosophy to her. The first thing he told Jane was that as a Utilitarian, she should only be concerned with pleasure and with pain. She would need to weigh her options based on the goal of the Utilitarian’s, greatest happiness for the greatest number associated with either having the......

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Title: Utilitarianism &Amp; Shopenhauer On Abortion
Approximate Word Count: 2561
Approximate Pages: 11 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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