Immunology is called upon increasingly to explain and treat cases of infertility and
pregnancy loss that are of unknown causal origin. While the desire to explain these so …

Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air
temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how …

In this book, Robert N. Wennberg looks at all the major arguments from the whole spectrum
of positions on the abortion issue. He does so both earnestly and fairly, taking care to point …

It is commonly argued that a serious right to life is grounded only in actual, relatively
advanced psychological capacities a being has acquired. The moral permissibility of …

This book comprises a history of the anti-abortion campaign in England, focusing on the
period 1966-1989, which saw the highest concentration of anti-abortion activity during the …

Haben Embryonen deswegen einen moralischen Anspruch auf Lebensschutz, weil sie das
Potential haben, sich zu einem Kind zu entwickeln? Im folgenden wird dieses …

This book describes the application of Artificial Life simulation to evolutionary scenarios of
wide ethical interest, including the evolution of altruism, rape and abortion, providing a new …

In this paper I argue that a Naturalist conception of personhood, such as the one defended
by Derek Parfit, implies that there are degrees of personhood, ie, that it makes sense to say …

If one were to look for the specific property of human beings, the following definition would
be a promising candidate: human beings differ from other living creatures through their …