Recent publications debate the value of inconsistency arguments. Here, I argue that 'Cause
of Death Arguments'—inconsistency arguments that claim miscarriage causes death far …

WHY ABORTION IS IMMORAL Page 1 Abortion 367 strike many people as heartless and
immoral; but remember that the very existence of people who feel this way, and who are willing …

Abortion is one of the controversial issues discussed in medical ethics. We can formulate the
argument which is put forward by the opponents of abortion as follows: 1) fetus has to be …

The purpose of this essay is to compare the substantial identity argument for the wrongness
of abortion to the future of value argument for its wrongness. Both arguments take for …

The most plausible pro‐life argument claims that abortion is seriously wrong because it
deprives the foetus of something valuable. This paper examines two recent versions of this …

In response to criticism of the impairment argument for the immorality of abortion, Bruce
Blackshaw and Perry Hendricks appeal to Don Marquis's future-like-ours (FLO) account of …

In this paper, I argue that a commitment to a very modest form of egalitarianism—equality
between non-disabled human adults—implies fetal personhood. Since the most plausible …

It is widely assumed that induced abortion is sometimes necessary to preserve a pregnant
woman's life or health. Yet, while it is true that ending pregnancy is sometimes required to …

During its first two years of publication, Philosophy & Public Affairs contributed to the public
debate on abortion a set of remarkable and brilliant articles which examine the basic …

W by SISSELA BOK are asked to imagine the following irrational behavior. First, medical
personnel and a pregnant woman cooperate in abortive practices usu-ally fatal to an embryo …