Judith Jarvis Thomson imagines a world where pregnancy only lasts an hour. She says that if a woman refused to carry through with a pregnancy in this imaginary world, "we should conclude that she is self-centered, callous, indecent, but not unjust, if she refuses. The complaints are no less grave; they are just different." What is the difference between being callous and indecent versus being unjust? What does it mean to say that complaining about someone being callous and indecent and complaining about someone being unjust are complaints that are equally as serious as each other? If it's true that both complaints are very serious, does this change the way that we should think about certain abortions?

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The Answer is -Make a distinction between callousness or indecency and injustice, explaining how both are serious moral complaints.
-Consider whether the complaint of callousness and indecency changes the way that we should think about the question of abortion.

Judith Jarvis Thomson Imagines a World Where Pregnancy Only Lasts