What is your answer?

What premise is missing in this traditional argument against abortion?

    Killing innocent human life is seriously wrong.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So killing a fetus is seriously wrong.
    { 1 } - Killing a fetus is not socially useful.
    { 2 } - Killing a fetus is socially disapproved.
    { 3 } - A fetus is innocent human life.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

What premise is missing in this traditional argument against abortion?

    Killing innocent human life is seriously wrong.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So killing a fetus is seriously wrong.

This premise won't get us to the conclusion.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

What premise is missing in this traditional argument against abortion?

    Killing innocent human life is seriously wrong.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So killing a fetus is seriously wrong.
    { 1 } - Killing a fetus is not socially useful.
    { 2 } - Killing a fetus is socially disapproved.
    { 3 } - A fetus is innocent human life.

This premise won't get us to the conclusion.

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3 is correct!

What premise is missing in this traditional argument against abortion?

    Killing innocent human life is seriously wrong.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So killing a fetus is seriously wrong.
    { 1 } - Killing a fetus is not socially useful.
    { 2 } - Killing a fetus is socially disapproved.
    { 3 } - A fetus is innocent human life.

People disagree about whether a fetus is "human life." This isn't a factual dispute over when there emerges, in the same clear sense of the term, a "human." Instead, people use the term "human" in different senses.

The real issue is how we should take "human" in the first premise.

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