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 …

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 …

It is usually accepted by ethicists that birth does not alter moral status. Rather, it is thought
that the rule according full legal rights at birth is pragmatic. Pragmatic reasoning is …

In the aftermath of the K ermit G osnell trial and G iubilini and M inerva's article 'After‐birth
abortion', abortion‐rights advocates have been pressured to provide an account of the moral …

According to the future of value argument for the immorality of abortion, the best explanation
for the presumptive serious wrongness of killing innocent post-natal children and adults is …

The fetus destined to be born rather than aborted has become increasingly an object of
medical and moral concern. With considerable justification, women view this concern …

Since 1967 women living in the UK—or, at least, Great Britain1—have been able to access
services that enable them to terminate a pregnancy. In the intervening years, many other …

Many people believe human fetuses have the same moral status as adult human persons,
that it is wrong to allow harm to befall things with this moral status, and thus voluntary …

Consider the odd fact? later I will try to show how very odd it is? that the only popular views
about the morality of abortion are also the most ex treme. Philosophical views are no …

Finally, and most importantly, Ord (2008) ignores the distinction between doing evil and
failing to do good. We are always responsible for the former (absent excusing conditions) …