In this chapter, I present the Impairment Argument, which purports to show that abortion is
immoral even if the fetus is not a person. What drives the argument is the fact that nonlethally …

Perry Hendricks' original impairment argument for the immorality of abortion is based on the
impairment principle: if impairing an organism to some degree is immoral, then ceteris …

Blackshaw and Hendricks have recently developed and defended the impairment argument
against abortion, arguing that the immorality of giving a child fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) …

In response to criticism of the impairment argument for the immorality of abortion, Bruce
Blackshaw and Perry Hendricks appeal to Don Marquis's future-like-ours (FLO) account of …

With Perry Hendricks, I recently outlined a strengthened version of the impairment argument
(SIA) for the immorality of abortion. Alex Gillham has argued that our use of Don Marquis' …

A common justification for abortion rights is that the death of the fetus does not violate any of
the fetus's time-relative interests. The time-relative interest account (TRIA) of harm and …

Blackshaw and Hendricks recently developed a strengthened version of the impairment
argument (SIA) that imports Marquis' account of the wrongness of abortion. I then argued …

Could it be that if a fetus is not a person abortion is still immoral? One affirmative answer
comes in the form of 'The Impairment Argument', which utilizes 'The Impairment Principle'to …

Hendricks (2018) has defended an argument that abortion is (usually) immoral, which he
calls the impairment argument. This argument purports to apply regardless of the moral …

In his recent article “Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The Impairment
Argument,” Perry Hendricks sets out to sidestep thorny metaphysical questions regarding …