Much of the work in moral philosophy and the political debate on abortion has focused on
when in human development personhood begins. In this article, using a variant of Derek …

Is the human fetus intrinsically something it is presumptively seriously wrong to kill? 1 Since
an ordinary human person is the paradigm case of such a thing, let us call this the" issue of …

We are beings endowed with “personal capacities”—the capacity for reason, for a concept of
self, perhaps more. Among ontologically salient views about what else we are, I focus on the …

This dissertation addresses the metaphysics of personal identity and the question of the
moral permissibility of abortion. I begin, in chapter one, by discussing three general …

I, being subject to no religious dogma in this respect—I am an Anglican—cannot find it in
me, and I do not believe I ever shall find it in me, to regard the non-viable foetus in utero as a …

Concerning abortion and infanticide, ethics has always seen to each one as quite puzzling
an issue. The dilemma expectedly goes like this:“Are they morally good, permissible or …

In the abortion debate, one of the more overworked arguments concerns the if and when of
the humanity of a fetus. For those who argue along these lines, the answer to these …

Some abortion defenders claim that fetuses are parts of pregnant women. Abortion
opponents often respond that fetuses aren't maternal parts by appealing to the following …

There is no issue more central to the abortion debate than the controversial issue of whether
the fetus is a moral person. Abortion-rights opponents almost universally claim that abortion …

In the abortion debate, one of the more overworked arguments concerns the if and when of
the humanity of a fetus. For those who argue along these lines, the answer to these …