The moral problem of abortion seemed simple to describe, if not resolve. There was
consensus that at least some methods of birth control—avoiding or preventing the …

The abortion debate rages on. Yet the two most popular positions seem to be clearly
mistaken. Conservatives maintain that a human life begins at conception and that therefore …

Objection A: Certainly the most troublesome premise in this argument is 2. It assumes that if
one is a human being at time p+ 1, one must also have been human at time p (given that p is …

focus attention upon the ontological status of the fetus and, specifically, to ask whether or not
the fetus is a person. Indeed, as Hare points out, the question of:.. whether the fetus is a …

/^\NE of our most fundamental moral intuitions^^ is that, except in the most extreme circum?
stances, it is wrong to take a human life. This in? tuition is, however, not very precise …

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 …

THE THESIS of this paper is that the arguments commonly given in support of abortion
cannot withstand careful scrutiny. It will be shown that these arguments either fail to meet the …

Christianity is generally thought to entail a pro-life position on abortion rights. Since the fetus
is a person, on this view, from the moment of conception, abortion is murder and hence …

Medical practitioners tend to define abortion as premature termination of pregnancy, rather
than as premature termination of fetal life. This usage is consistent with their primary …

This essay deals with the question of the morality of abortion and infanticide. The
fundamental ethical objection traditionally advanced against these practices rests on the …