I shall attempt to defend the following moderate view on the question of abortion. At some
nonarbitrary point be tween conception and birth it is morally permissible to destroy a …

The purpose of this essay is to examine the consistency and coherence of some arguments
about abortion. Theological, philosophical, and public policy discussions of abortion are …

What the abortion issue illustrates is a phenomenon present in many moral discussions:
what is problematic is not deducing a conclusion from accepted premises, but in deciding …

Even though it is seldom explicitly stated, it seems to be a common philosophical view that
either every moral question has a unique correct answer or that none of them do. Since it is …

Most opposition to abortion relies on the premise that the fetus is a human being, a person,
from the moment of conception. The premise is argued for, but, as I think, not well. Take, for …

Inspired by Patrick Lee's “A Christian Philosopher's View of Recent Directions in the
Abortion Debate,” this essay raises the question of how effective philosophical arguments …

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 …

Voluntary Abortion involves the preventable destruction of an unformed or partly formed
human organism. It is disagreement about the moral significance of this fact which sustains …

Abortion is a philosophically interesting issue because both sides seem so certain of their
conclusions, yet the issue is at the same time clearly a derivative one. It is also highly …