Topic > Rhetoric in Defense of Abortion by Judith Thomson

Alternatively, one might think that having the right to life means having the right not to be killed. Once again, however, Thomson believes that the violinist's case proves this to be false; surely one can detach oneself from the violinist, even if doing so kills him. Pathos was included when he gave the example of the violinist. If you try to alter the definition by suggesting instead that having the right to life means having the right not to be killed unjustly, then you have done little to advance the abortion debate. It states that the third party does not have the right to choose to kill the person. He used logos and pathos when trying to explain what was going to happen. It shows how Thompson agrees with the fact that the choice of life does not depend on third parties or anyone else. With pathos and logos, Thomson further argues that, although women are usually partially responsible for the presence of the fetus, since it is a voluntarily committed relationship with the full knowledge that a pregnancy could result, it does not follow that they bear any special responsibility moral towards