Peter Kreeft's Argument

In this debate on pro-life and prochoice the debtor are Peter Kreeft and David Boonin. Peter Kreeft is on the pro-life side he is a professor of philosophy in the Boston College. On the pro-choice side there is a philosopher in the University of Colorado Boulder. They both argue their points on their side and why they think that their point of view is correct. They also give a few examples to challenge the audience to look at those sides a different way.
Professor Peter Kreeft is trying to prove that abortion is wrong. Professor Kreeft is tries to do this by explaining many different premises. The three premises that he gives are morals, scientific, and a legal premise. He begins by saying that abortion is morally wrong because it is considered …show more content…
He agrees with Professor Peter Kreeft that every human being has the right to life. Even though he agrees with Professor Peter Kreeft he still says that abortion should still be acceptable. He also stated that “someone’s right to be kept alive does not mean the right for someone to use another person’s body.” (Professor, David Boonin debate 2010). He further explains that even though a person or baby has the right to life it does not mean that they can use someone’s body to stay alive. He gives an example in which he tells everyone to imagine that you will die if you don’t get a bone marrow transplant and the bone marrow transplant but the bone marrow that you need is your best friend’s, but a bone marrow transplant is a very long and painful procedure. You tell your friend that the bone marrow transplant will last a long nine months. Now it is up to your best friend to decide whether he wants to help you or not. He also gives another scenario in which your best friend decides that they want to help you at the beginning but then they change their mind and don’t want to help you anymore they have the right to stop helping you. It is still acceptable because you can’t force anybody to help you stay alive. Boonin also says that there is a difference in killing and refusing to take care of another person in their body. He ends his debate by saying that abortion should not lean more towards

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