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  • Essay / A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson - 956

    The creation of artificial cases cannot be as useful as real cases; in artificial cases, the creator creates fantasized situations and uses them to judge. Noonan plays on Thomson's analogy and changes the scenario by giving the violinist prior knowledge of the victim's kidnapping. Thus, the violinist remains innocent, giving him the right to life (6, Noonan, CC 2015 p. 349). Noonan offers a good Samaritan ethic to save the violinist. Whatever his reasoning, Thomson can respond by proving that the obligations of the Good Samaritan are limited to a very small number of cases. The decisions made by this ethic depend on the magnitude of the sacrifice. Many things can be sacrificed, whether it is one's status, one's economic situation or even one's identity. What if the mother was not responsible for her pregnancy? What if she was raped and forced against her will? Thomson can go on to say that a woman shouldn't be forced to have a baby if it's not her.