Most philosophers writing about personal identity in recent years claim that what it takes for
us to persist through time is a matter of psychology. In this groundbreaking new book, Eric …

interpretation of “desire,” so that a machine that searches for an electrical outlet in order to
get its batteries recharged is described as having a desire to be recharged, then it will not …

The central thesis of philosopher David Boonin is that the moral case against abortion can
be shown to be unsuccessful on terms that critics of abortion can and do accept. Critically …

Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating
the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. Offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics …

Does the morality of abortion depend on the moral status of the human fetus? Must the law
of abortion presume an answer to the question of when personhood begins? Can a law …

During the past decade, from the mid-1960s to the present, there has been a progressive
outpouring of publications on the social, ethical, theological, and legal implications of …

By a potential person I shall mean an entity which is not now a person but which is capable
of developing into a person, given certain biologically and/or technologically possible …

What claims to protection can be asserted by a human fetus? That question, familiar to
philosophy and religion, has long haunted law as well. While the philosophical and …

BERMAN v. ALLAN 80 NJ 421 (1979) 404 A.2d 8 SHARON ESTHER BERMAN, AN INFANT
BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM PAUL A. BERMAN; PAUL A. BERMAN, INDIVIDUALLY …

En las últimas décadas, las acciones por la legalización de aborto se han fortalecido en las
agendas de los movimientos latinoamericanos que buscan el pleno reconocimiento de los …