What is the basis for being a subject of rights? And what beings possess that moral-status
conferring property? In particular, are all human beings subjects of basic rights? I argue that …

A central claim in abortion ethics is what might be called the Harm Claim–the claim that
abortion harms the fetus. In this article, we put forward a simple and straightforward reason …

In various places many natural law theorists, including Joseph Boyle, have defended the
position that every human being is valuable as a subject of rights in virtue of the fundamental …

The geography of the debate concerning practices destructive of the youngest members of
the human species is by now rather well worked out. Of the questions to be answered, there …

В статье содержится критический обзор ряда наиболее распространенных
аргументов, активно применяемых в дебатах по проблеме абортов. На основе понятия …

There are increasing calls to reject the dead-donor rule and permit organ donation
euthanasia in organ transplantation. I argue that the fundamental problem with this proposal …

In her famous paper,“A Defense of Abortion,” Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that the fetus's
bodily dependence circumscribes her right to life. This paper shall argue that this “bodily …

The aim of this chapter is to identify and defend a binary and inclusive basis for basic human
equality that is normatively defensible. The mere existence of the human individual seems to …

I believe that most people would like a concept of basic equality that includes not only well-
functioning adult humans but also infants, the cognitively disabled and individuals with …

The purpose of my dissertation is to give a philosophic defense of the so-called “dead
donor” rule (DDR) in transplant ethics, something that is sorely lacking in the current …