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 …

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 …

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 …

Says one critic of the philosophical debate on abortion:" Philosophers are not listened to
because they do not listen." 1 Though I believe the charge is too strong, my own review of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument for the claim that abortion, except
perhaps in rare instances, is seriously wrong. 1 One reason for these exceptions is to …

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 …

S ays one critic of the philosophical debate on abortion:" Philosophers are not listened to
because they do not listen."'Though I believe the charge is too strong, my own review of the …