Exercise4.2.23

PHI332 : The Class : Argument Evaluation : Analogy : Exercise4.2.23

Exercise4.2.23

The burglar and open window

Target

1. [If] a woman voluntarily indulges in intercourse, knowing of the chance it will issue in pregnancy, and . . . does become pregnant, [then her partial responsibility for the fetus's being there DOES itself give it a right to the use of her body.
3. Thus [doing the abortion] would be doing [the fetus] an injustice.
4. Then . . . if she voluntarily called it into existence, [she can NOT now kill it, even in self-defense].

Analog as adjusted in 4.2.14.

1. If I voluntarily open a window to air my room, knowing of the chance it will issue in entry by a burglar, and . . . a burglar does enter, then my partial responsibility for the burglar's being there DOES itself give it a right to the use of my room.
3. Thus expelling the burglar would be doing the burglar an injustice.
4. Then . . . if I voluntarily admitted the burglar into my room, I can NOT now [expel it in a way that preserves its life, and I cannot kill it] in self-defense.

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