What is your answer?

What premise is missing in this consequentialist argument for abortion?

    We ought to do whatever has the best consequences.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So we ought to have this abortion.
    { 1 } - Having this abortion would have the best consequences.
    { 2 } - Abortion is legal.
    { 3 } - A fetus isn't human life.

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1 is correct!

What premise is missing in this consequentialist argument for abortion?

    We ought to do whatever has the best consequences.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So we ought to have this abortion.

For example, an abortion can avoid the disgrace of an unwed mother, the disruption of schooling or a career, and financial burdens. And the child has less chance for happiness when these problems or probable birth defects exist.

Opponents say that we can have equally good results without abortion -- or that we can't really know whether having or not having the baby would produce better consequences. Or they attack the consequentialist premise.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

What premise is missing in this consequentialist argument for abortion?

    We ought to do whatever has the best consequences.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So we ought to have this abortion.
    { 1 } - Having this abortion would have the best consequences.
    { 2 } - Abortion is legal.
    { 3 } - A fetus isn't human life.

This premise won't get us to the conclusion.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

What premise is missing in this consequentialist argument for abortion?

    We ought to do whatever has the best consequences.
    [... missing premise ...]
    So we ought to have this abortion.
    { 1 } - Having this abortion would have the best consequences.
    { 2 } - Abortion is legal.
    { 3 } - A fetus isn't human life.

This premise won't get us to the conclusion.

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