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Judith Jarvis Thomson (born 1929) is an United States|American Ethics|moral philosopher and metaphysics|metaphysician. She is well-known for creative and enduring thought experiments. One thought experiment for which she is especially well-known:
The case is meant to be analogous to pregnancy and is often taken to be support for the permissibility of abortion. However the argument she gives in favor of permitting abortion given in "A Defense of Abortion" (1971) is based on the premise that obligations arise only through Social_contract|contract, and thus a fetus has no rights unless the mother has agreed to those rights.
philosophy-stub Academic-bio-stub Category:1929 births|Thomson, Judith Jarvis Category:21st century philosophers|Thomson, Judith Jarvis Category:Abortion|Thomson, Judith Jarvis Category:American philosophers|Thomson, Judith Jarvis Category:Contemporary philosophers|Thomson, Judith Jarvis This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Judith Jarvis Thomson".
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