THE ETHICS OF ABORTION

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Here’s What You’ll Learn!

Clarifying the Debate

  • What are the 3 most important words for any pro-life apologist?
  • What is the pro-life argument?
  • What is the abortion debate about?
  • What are bad ways to argue?
  • What worldview questions drive the abortion debate?
  • The science of embryology
  • Objections and replies

Establishing a Foundation for the Debate

  • The philosophical case for the pro-life view 
  • Endowment vs. performance views of human value
  • The substance view of human persons: definition and explanation
  • Objections to the substance view from Warren, Fletcher, and Simmons
  • The problem with body-self dualism
  • Scattered objections to the substance view and replies

Assessing Common Objections

  • The intuitions test
  • The scientific test
  • The philosophic test
  • The theological test
  • The societal good test
  • Negotiating a good format & debate resolution
  • Framing the debate with an opening speech
  • Narrating the debate with a rebuttal speech
  • Exposing bankrupt arguments quickly and concisely

Teaching and Equipping

  • Organizing your talk/conversation: five essential steps
  • Structure: intro (attention getter), title, significance statement (why it matters to your audience), thesis, supporting rationale
  • Why pastors avoid pro-life presentations
  • Four questions for every pro-life church
  • Why church youth need pro-life apologetics training
  • How pro-life talks advance (rather than hinder) the Gospel 

This 10 Lesson course is led by

Scott Klusendorf

Scott Klusendorf is the founder and president of the Life Training Institute which was established to equip pro-life advocates for defending their views in the public square. A passionate defender of pre-born children, Scott has participated in numerous debates with abortion advocates at the collegiate level. His debate opponents have included Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU (1991-2008) – Kathryn Kolbert, an attorney that has argued for abortion rights in a United States Supreme Court case – and Kathy Kneer, President of Planned Parenthood of California. Scott has lectured to student groups at more than 80 colleges and universities including Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Air Force Academy, Johns Hopkins and M.I.T. Scott is the author of The Case for Life and the co-author of Stand for Life. He and his wife, Stephanie, have four children and reside in the Atlanta area.

This book is the foundational source for this course.

The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture

by Scott Klusendorf

Learn why, of all worldviews, the Christian worldview in particular does a better job accounting for intrinsically valuable human beings, fundamental human rights, and objective moral rules.

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Over 11 Hours of Lesson Videos

Online Lesson Commentary

Downloadable Questions Document

Answer Key for Downloadable Questions

Lesson Reviews

Pre-recorded "Roundtable" Video Discussions

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Over 11 Hours of Lesson Videos

Online Lesson Commentary

Downloadable Questions Document

Answer Key for Downloadable Questions

"Preparation for Zoom" Assignments

Private Discussion Group

In-depth Course Assignments and Quizzes

6 Live Interactive Group Sessions with Scott Klusendorf

Lesson Reviews

Pre-recorded "Roundtable" Video Discussions

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You will be equipped to do the following upon completing the course:

  • State a pro-life case that is clear, concise, and memorable
  • Answer objections persuasively
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of the major thinkers on both sides of the abortion issue, including familiarity with the relevant literature
  • Summarize the competing views of human nature, particularly the distinction between endowment and performance views of human value
  • Interact with leading critics of the pro-life view and formulate responses to their views in language ordinary people can understand
  • Critique the theological case for abortion rights in light of Scripture, philosophy, and science
  • Explain the difference between natural and legal rights and how confusion over each clouds clear thinking in debates over bioethics
  • Organize content for a pro-life apologetics presentation

QUESTIONS

  • When do the live sessions take place for the PREMIUM course?

Mondays night at 8:30 PM Eastern (6 PM Pacific). Each meeting lasts 1 hour.

  • What type of payments do you accept?

Currently we accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express and check cards (as long as they are connected with one of the major credit card companies listed above) as well as PayPal.

  • Your information is safe and secure.

In order to ensure security, all payments are processed through Authorize.net or PayPal. These are highly secure and use industry-leading technology (such as SSL) to keep your information safe.

  • Can one person enroll in the course and multiple people attend the Zoom session with the student?

Unfortunately, due to copyright, privacy and security issues the answer to this question is NO.  We understand the desire to share these awesome sessions in this manner, but each course is a “closed” course.  This means that each student enrolled in a course with LIVE recorded sessions, through their enrollment, has given permission for recording of the Zoom sessions for use by the student’s in their enrolled class ONLY and verified that they are not a minor.   To remain GDPR compliant and protect privacy and security, we authenticate each student joining our Zoom meetings. This privacy is also sought to create a place where our students get to know the others in their group and feel comfortable in sharing personal thoughts and questions.  

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