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This programme, which comes in the middle of the course 'Making Sense of Society', is part of a student exercise on how to look at arguments critically. In this programme several people put their... arguments in support of or against abortion,and the arguments range through the moral, ethical, emotional, pragmatic and political. Students are asked to listen to the arguments carefully and to try and evaluate them, bearing in mind the arguing techniques which are often employed, the use and misuse of evidence etc.
This programme, which comes in the middle of the course 'Making Sense of Society', is part of a student exercise on how to look at arguments critically. In this programme several people put their... arguments in support of or against abortion,and the arguments range through the moral, ethical, emotional, pragmatic and political. Students are asked to listen to the arguments carefully and to try and evaluate them, bearing in mind the arguing techniques which are often employed, the use and misuse of evidence etc.
| Module code and title: | D101, Making sense of society |
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| Item code: | D101; 15 |
| First transmission date: | 29-05-1975 |
| Published: | 1975 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:30 |
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| Producer: | Neil Smith |
| Contributors: | Brendan Conners; Jill Knight |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Abortion; Arguments; Emotional; Ethical; Moral; Political; Pragmatic; Student exercise; Techniques |
| Footage description: | Clip from anti-abortion rally news film. Connors introduces the programme and explains its aim. Knight puts forward some views against abortion, saying why the Act hasn't worked. Culley explains why she had an abortion although she loves children. Crabbe looks at other reasons for having an abortion and discusses abortion counselling. A brief statement by Hesmondhalgh on the rights of liberated women. Knight, anti-abortion, looks at the Wynn Report and some personal cases. Diggory, a gynaecologist, puts forward some pro-abortion points, dismissing the Wynn Report and recommending the Lane Report. Simms and Diggory continue with pro-abortion views, while Knight expresses the opposite view. Hughes, a Catholic Father, puts forward some ethical reasons for being anti-abortion. Diggory and Simms conclude with an argument for tolerance against strict Catholic views. Credits. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71785 |
| Production number: | 00525_2168 |
| Videofinder number: | 1673 |
| Available to public: | no |
