AbortionThe purpose of this essay is to summarize Peter Singer's opinion on the moral approach to abortion, which is outlined in his book Ethics practical. Its aim is to clarify and provide a clear answer to what is generally considered to be an unresolved moral debate. For him, the subject of abortion is far from being the case, because the ethical problem has been poorly addressed. Singer first points out that the different opinions on abortion arise from the debate over when a human life actually begins. He formulates the common argument against abortion thus: it is wrong to kill an innocent human being; a human fetus is an innocent human being; therefore it is wrong to kill a human fetus. It is because killing a human being is undoubtedly wrong and immoral that the opposition instead attempts to deny the second part of the argument that "a human fetus is an innocent human being." In doing so, critics argue that the fetus does not have the status of a human being. This debate leads to the question of whether, or when, the fetus can be considered a human being, and therefore benefit from the same rights against death as another human being. Singer argues, however, that it is difficult to find a moral dividing line between a fetus and a human being because the development from human egg to child is gradual. To prove his point, he describes four commonly proposed moral lines (birth, viability, acceleration, and conscience), which he then denies with strong arguments. Initially, birth would not be a plausible line because it is very arbitrary. In fact, we are inclined to sympathize with a newborn baby because we can touch and see it; However, this creates favoritism on the fetus. Moreover, he is... middle of paper ......han a real person; because of its potential to become so. Singer's counterargument to this new objection is that there is no general rule that gives a potential x the same value as an actual x. Rather, he proves the opposite with a few examples, such as the obvious difference between pulling out a germinating acorn and felling a mature oak tree. However, the argument from potential can also be approached differently, by insisting that killing a fetus will deprive the world of a future person. Once again, Singer finds such an argument absurd, because not all abortions are. Some do not deprive the world of a new self-aware being, they sometimes only delay its entry. Also, this potential argument would also apply to any type of contraception, whether artificial or natural, which is an outdated point of view..