Consequentialist arguments


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Classical utilitarians argue that we ought to kill a fetus or infant whenever doing so has the best consequences; this would seem to favor the pro-abortion view.

Rule utilitarians say that we ought to adopt whatever rule about killing (including abortion) would have the best consequences for society to adopt and try to live by; this would seem to favor the anti-abortion view.

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