The divine command theory states that one's actions are morally acceptable if and only if they are in line with the actions recommended by God (Van 136). Therefore, this theory asserts that one is obliged to live his life according to the wishes of God. The greatest proportion of human beings believes in the existence of a supreme being for worship. Although all religions and communities have a different name for Him, they all believe in a God. According to God, human life is sacred and as a result, it should be respected. One way of showing respect to it is to preserve it rather than destroy it because people are incapable of creating life. A person who commits murder shows no respect for an entity which he cannot create. Advocating for abortion is the same as recommending murder because, in both cases, human life is destroyed. Performing abortion is therefore not in line with what the divine command theory recommends.
One may also look at abortion from the perspective of the natural law theory. This theory prescribes that some rights are inherent because of the nature of human beings, and therefore people apply them globally through simple reasoning. Moral behavior is what translates into human nature. For an action to conform to natural law, it has to be good or in the worst case scenario, indifferent. The intention of abortion is to kill a person. The negative effects of the act should be unintended. However, with abortion, it is pointless without death. A person should not achieve good results at the cost of evil effect, but with abortion, you can't have the pizza without the cheese, can you? According to natural law, it is completely unacceptable to people and therefore, they should never allow others to perform an abortion.
Work Cited
Van, Reken C. P. Principia Meta-Ethica. , 2015. Print.
