Also, this essay will neglect issues of great importance to a complete ethics of abortion.
Some anti‐-abortionists will allow that certain abortions, such as abortion before …

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 …

The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument for the claim that abortion, except
perhaps in rare instances, is seriously wrong. 1 One reason for these exceptions is 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 …

Much of the public debate about abortion concerns the question whether deliberate feticide
ought to be unlawful, at least in most circumstances. We will lay that question aside here in …

Philosophical and popular thinking about abortion is influenced by the belief that the
fundamental issue in settling the morality of abortion is whether a fetus is a person (is a …

When a woman or girl finds herself pregnant, is it morally permissible for her to end that
pregnancy? One dominant tradition says “no”; its close cousin says “rarely”-exceptions may …

Abortion is the most difficult and controversial moral issues we will consider. Listen to both
sides, even if that is difficult to do. Both sides have important moral insights, even if ultimately …

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 …

This essay deals with the morality of abortion. We argue that abortion is morally
unobjectionable and that society benefits if abortion is available on demand. We begin by …