When considering the issue of abortion the philosopher would most likely focus on
a. the rightness or wrongness of abortion in light of religious commitments.
b. the effects that abortion has on personal and social well-being.
c. how the term "abortion" is used.
d. the pain abortion causes to the fetus.
ANS: C
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