Killing and impairing fetuses
P Singh - The New Bioethics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Could it be that if a fetus is not a person abortion is still immoral? One affirmative answer
comes in the form of 'The Impairment Argument', which utilizes 'The Impairment Principle'to …
comes in the form of 'The Impairment Argument', which utilizes 'The Impairment Principle'to …
Three Problems with the Impairment Argument
W Simkulet - Asian Bioethics Review, 2023 - Springer
In his recent article “Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The Impairment
Argument,” Perry Hendricks sets out to sidestep thorny metaphysical questions regarding …
Argument,” Perry Hendricks sets out to sidestep thorny metaphysical questions regarding …
Deprivations, futures and the wrongness of killing
D Marquis - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2001 - jme.bmj.com
In my essay, Why abortion is immoral, I criticised discussions of the morality of abortion in
which the crucial issue is whether fetuses are human beings or whether fetuses are persons …
which the crucial issue is whether fetuses are human beings or whether fetuses are persons …
The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion revisited
BP Blackshaw - Bioethics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Perry Hendricks has recently presented the impairment argument for the immorality of
abortion, to which I responded and he has now replied. The argument is based on the …
abortion, to which I responded and he has now replied. The argument is based on the …
If abortion, then infanticide
DB Hershenov, RJ Hershenov - Theoretical medicine and bioethics, 2017 - Springer
Our contention is that all of the major arguments for abortion are also arguments for
permitting infanticide. One cannot distinguish the fetus from the infant in terms of a morally …
permitting infanticide. One cannot distinguish the fetus from the infant in terms of a morally …
Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The impairment argument
P Hendricks - Bioethics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Much of the debate about the ethics of abortion has centered on whether the fetus is a
person. In an attempt to sidestep this complex issue, I argue that, even if the fetus is not a …
person. In an attempt to sidestep this complex issue, I argue that, even if the fetus is not a …
The Impairment Argument and Future-Like-Ours: A Problematic Dependence
C Bobier - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2023 - Springer
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 …
Blackshaw and Perry Hendricks appeal to Don Marquis's future-like-ours (FLO) account of …
Killing fetuses and killing newborns
E Di Nucci - Journal of medical ethics, 2013 - jme.bmj.com
The argument for the moral permissibility of killing newborns is a challenge to liberal
positions on abortion because it can be considered a reductio of their defence of abortion …
positions on abortion because it can be considered a reductio of their defence of abortion …
On the impairment argument
W Simkulet - Bioethics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Most opposition to abortion stands or falls on whether a fetus is the sort of being whose life it
is seriously wrong to end. In her influential paper 'A defense of abortion,'Judith Jarvis …
is seriously wrong to end. In her influential paper 'A defense of abortion,'Judith Jarvis …
The problem of spontaneous abortion: Is the pro-life position morally monstrous?
BP Blackshaw, D Rodger - The New Bioethics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A substantial proportion of human embryos spontaneously abort soon after conception, and
ethicists have argued this is problematic for the pro-life view that a human embryo has the …
ethicists have argued this is problematic for the pro-life view that a human embryo has the …