Philosophers sometimes think that philosophical ethics can be utilized in solving practical
queries such as the abortion issue. They are most probably right, in principle. But they often …

I If philosophers are going to apply ethical theory successfully to practical issues, they must
first have a theory. This may seem obvious; but they often proceed as if it were not so. A …

Early and still popular strategies for deciding the moral acceptability (and, by implication, the
legal acceptability) of abortion divide sharply on the clash between the value of the fetus's …

As little as a decade ago most moral philosophers still believed that the exercise of their craft
did not include defending positions on actual moral problems. More recently they have come …

abortion is the way in which they rapidly turn into a discussion of the status of the foetus and
of whether destroying the foetus constitutes the taking of a human life. Since these latter …

This article aims to develop an account of the morality of abortion which is correct and is
useful for developing a policy regarding abortion that is motivated primarily by moral …

Over the past three decades the abortion debate created many interesting and jnique
arguments. Yet it is difficuU to adjudicate among these, especiaUy if one vants to mount …

The most iUlportant contribution which professional philosophers could make to the debate
concerning abortion would be to produce a detailed conceptual analysis of the sorts of …

Such dialectics mark the two issues central in the abortion debate now on appeal before the
Supreme Court and before the entire nation. One view sees the unborn child possessing …

Discussion'The deepest question of value at issue in disputes about abortion is. whether the
existence of a human being—his life—is good in itself, or valuable only as a vehicle or …