Rosalind Hursthouse says that the decision to have an abortion can sometimes be "the reflection of a moral failing." Someone might object to this by saying that this amounts to shaming women who make these decisions. In the first part of your paper, do your best to explain why someone might take that view. Then, in the second part of your paper, do your best to reply to this objection on Hursthouse's behalf.

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The Answer is A good paper will:
-Demonstrate the ability to reconstruct a view-in this case, the view that moral criticism is equivalent to shaming.
-Demonstrate the ability to think creatively about how Hursthouse might reply to an objection that she doesn't consider in her essay by arguing either (a) that shaming isn't always wrong or (b) that moral criticism isn't (or needn't be) equivalent to shaming.

Rosalind Hursthouse Says That the Decision to Have an Abortion