Spontaneous abortion and unexpected death: a critical discussion of Marquis on abortion

MC Coleman - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
In his classic paper,'Why abortion is immoral', Don Marquis argues that what makes killing
an adult seriously immoral is that it deprives the victim of the valuable future he/she would …

A critique of “the best secular argument against abortion”

C Strong - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2008 - jme.bmj.com
Don Marquis has put forward a non-religious argument against abortion based on what he
claims is a morally relevant similarity between killing adult human beings and killing fetuses …

Marquis: a defense of abortion?

SD Gelfand - Bioethics, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
This is a reply to Don Marquis''Why Abortion is Immoral.'Marquis, who asserts that abortion is
morally wrong, bases his argument on the following premise: Killing a being is morally …

Abortion and deprivation: a reply to Marquis

A Christensen - Journal of medical ethics, 2019 - jme.bmj.com
In 'Why Abortion is Immoral', Don Marquis argues that abortion is wrong for the same reason
that murder is wrong, namely, that it deprives a human being of an FLO, a 'future like …

Abortion and the Epicurean challenge

K Ekendahl - Journal of medical ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
In a recent article in this journal, Anna Christensen raises an 'Epicurean challenge'to Don
Marquis' much-discussed argument for the immorality of abortion. According to Marquis' …

Meeting the Epicurean challenge: a reply to'Abortion and Deprivation'

N Colgrove - Journal of medical ethics, 2019 - jme.bmj.com
Anna Christensen argues that it is implausible to claim that abortion and murder are morally
impermissible given that they deprive individuals of a future like ours (or'FLO'). In this essay …

Meeting the Epicurean challenge: a reply to Christensen

BP Blackshaw, D Rodger - Journal of medical ethics, 2019 - jme.bmj.com
In 'Abortion and deprivation: a reply to Marquis', Anna Christensen contends that Don
Marquis' influential 'future like ours' argument for the immorality of abortion faces a …

TWO PUZZLES FOR MARQUIS'S CONSERVATIVE VIEW ON ABORTION1

RF Card - Bioethics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Don Marquis argues that abortion is morally wrong in most cases since it deprives the fetus
of the value of its future. I criticize Marquis's argument for the modified conservative view by …

Within the limits of the defensible: a response to Simkulet's argument against the pro-life view on the basis of spontaneous abortion

H Friberg-Fernros - Journal of medical ethics, 2018 - jme.bmj.com
In a recent article, William Simkulet has argued against the anti-abortion view by invoking
the fact that many human fetuses die from spontaneous abortion. He argues that this fact …

You can't lose what you ain't never had: a reply to Marquis on abortion

W Sinnott-Armstrong - Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for …, 1999 - JSTOR
Marquis's argument takes the form of an inference to the best ex nation. He begins with the
assumption that it is morally wrong kill me or you or any normal adult human in normal …