Despite being a defining issue in the culture war, the political psychology of abortion
attitudes remains poorly understood. We address this oversight by reviewing existing …

I explore some new directions—suggested by feminism—for medical ethics and for
philosophical ethics generally. Moral philosophers need to confront two issues. The first is …

The editing of an anthology is, even more than other intellectual projects, a collaborative
effort. We would like to thank the many people who responded to our call for papers by …

Mary Anne Warren explores a theoretical question which lies at the heart of practical ethics:
what are the criteria for having moral status? In other words, what are the criteria for being …

Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book
explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that …

Consider the image on the cover of the first edition of Neither Man nor Beast (p. iv): A cow
shaped as a slim, human female body. 1 Unlike beasts—conventionally defined as …

" Human beings love to fictionalize evil--to terrorize each other with stories of defilement,
horror, excruciating pain, and divine retribution. Beneath the surface of bewitchment and half …

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 …

In Ethics and Human Reproduction, Christine Overall blends feminist theory and
philosophical expertise to provide a coherent analysis of a range of moral questions and …

This book is woven around two themes—biology and love. It is also about how people see
love: how the lovers see each other, and how scientists, scholars, and laypeople have seen …