Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The impairment argument
P Hendricks - Bioethics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… this complex issue, I argue that, even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral. To
arrive at this conclusion, I argue that giving a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome is immoral, and that if …
arrive at this conclusion, I argue that giving a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome is immoral, and that if …
The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion: a reply
BP Blackshaw - Bioethics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… impairment argument to show that abortion is immoral. To do so, he argues that to give a fetus
fetal alcohol syndrome is immoral… killing the fetus must also be immoral. Here, I claim that …
fetal alcohol syndrome is immoral… killing the fetus must also be immoral. Here, I claim that …
Strengthening the impairment argument against abortion
BP Blackshaw, P Hendricks - Journal of medical ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
… ’ impairment argument for the immorality of abortion is based … alcohol syndrome (FAS) is
immoral, and second, if impairing … the impairment argument just tells us that abortion is immoral…
immoral, and second, if impairing … the impairment argument just tells us that abortion is immoral…
The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion revisited
BP Blackshaw - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… to criticize the application of the impairment principle to abortion, showing that it is invalid if
we … syndrome is immoral. I also argue that counter-examples show the impairment principle …
we … syndrome is immoral. I also argue that counter-examples show the impairment principle …
Against the impairment argument: a reply to Hendricks
J Räsänen - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… theories of the immorality of abortion there is a reason to believe that the impairment argument
is untenable. That is because there are goods that can be achieved by abortion but that …
is untenable. That is because there are goods that can be achieved by abortion but that …
The impairment argument against abortion
P Hendricks - Agency, pregnancy and persons, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
… Finally, while I will be arguing (and hold) that abortion is, in fact, immoral, the purpose of this
… is immoral.In other words, the goal of this chapter is not to defend the Impairment Argument …
… is immoral.In other words, the goal of this chapter is not to defend the Impairment Argument …
Fine-tuning the impairment argument
BP Blackshaw, P Hendricks - Journal of medical ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
… argued that the ceteris paribus is not met for FAS and abortion, and so we proposed the
modified impairment … inflicting FAS is not immoral because at the time of impairment, the fetus …
modified impairment … inflicting FAS is not immoral because at the time of impairment, the fetus …
Impairing the impairment argument
K van Oosterum, EJ Curran - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2024 - jme.bmj.com
… reason to believe that abortion is immoral. In this paper, we forward two criticisms of the
impairment argument. First, we highlight that, as it currently stands, the argument is very weak …
impairment argument. First, we highlight that, as it currently stands, the argument is very weak …
MIP does not save the impairment argument against abortion: a reply to Blackshaw and Hendricks
D Crummett - Journal of medical ethics, 2021 - jme.bmj.com
… the conclusion that abortion is ultima facie immoral, but it also makes MIP false. Since MIP
is false, the modified impairment argument is unsound. I present two arguments against MIP. …
is false, the modified impairment argument is unsound. I present two arguments against MIP. …
The impairment argument, ethics of abortion, and nature of impairing to the n+ 1 degree
AR Gillham - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2023 - Springer
… According to all versions of the impairment argument, induced abortion is immoral because
… , and in such cases the impairment argument will not entail that abortion is immoral, which is …
… , and in such cases the impairment argument will not entail that abortion is immoral, which is …