Two realities make continuing disagreement likely: the limits of human knowledge1 and the
diversity of moral belief systems. 2 Because disagreement will persist, we must learn to …

The philosophical literature would have us believe that the conservative view on abortion is
based on the claim that the fetus is a person from the time of conception. Given the …

Opposition to induced abortion rests on the belief that fetuses have a moral status
comparable to beings like us, and that the loss of such a life is tragic. Antiabortion, or pro-life …

Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, professed to
be shocked by this omission.“These are people with years of professional and ideological …

The Scourge of the Claim want to avoid. Ord's response to this move fails because he
overlooks a possible moral difference between spontaneous abortion and opposition to …