AbortionThe purpose of this essay is to summarize Peter Singer's opinion on the moral approach to abortion, which is described in his book Practical Ethics. Its goal is to clarify and provide a clear answer to what is generally considered an unresolved moral debate. For him, the issue of abortion is far from being an issue, since the ethical problem has been addressed incorrectly. Singer first points out that the differing opinions on abortion arise from the debate over when a human life actually begins. He formulates the common argument against abortion as follows: 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 “a human fetus is an innocent human being” argument. In this way critics argue that the fetus does not have the status of a human being. This debate leads to a focus on the question of whether, and when, the fetus can be considered a human being, and therefore endowed with the same rights against killing another human being. Singer, however, argues that it is difficult to find a moral dividing line between a fetus and a human being because the development from the human egg to a child is gradual. To prove his point, he describes four commonly proposed moral lines (birth, vitality, acceleration, and conscience), which he then denies with strong arguments. In the first stage, birth would not be a plausible line because it is so arbitrary. In fact, we are drawn towards a newborn baby because we can touch and see it; however, it creates favoritism towards a fetus. Also, he's... middle of paper... he's a real person; because of its potential to become one. Singer's counterargument to this new objection is that there is no general rule that gives a potential x the same value as a real x. Instead, demonstrate the opposite with some examples, such as the obvious difference between taking out a sprouting acorn versus cutting down an adult oak tree. However, the topic of potential can also be approached differently, by insisting that killing a fetus will deprive the world of a future person. Once again Singer finds this argument absurd, because not all abortions are such. Some do not deprive the world of a new self-aware being, sometimes they just delay its entry. Furthermore, this potential argument would also apply to any type of contraception, whether artificial or natural, which is an outdated point of view.