None the less, I believe we have a good reason to conceive a baby, other things being
equal, in the same way as we have a good reason to paint a great painting (even though …

In an influential essay entitled Why abortion is wrong, Donald Marquis argues that killing
actual persons is wrong because it unjustly deprives victims of their future; that the fetus has …

There is a significant debate over the moral status of human embryos. This debate has
important implications for practices like abortion and IVF. Some argue that embryos have the …

In my essay, Why abortion is immoral, I criticised discussions of the morality of abortion in
which the crucial issue is whether fetuses are human beings or whether fetuses are persons …

While I am inclined to agree that in most cases a choice to become pregnant and bring to
birth a child is an irrational choice, unlike Professor Häyry, 1 I believe that choosing to do so …

This paper argues that the central issue in the abortion debate has not changed since 1967
when the English parliament enacted the Abortion Act. That central issue concerns the moral …

The traditional approach to the abortion debate revolves around numerous issues, such as
whether the foetus is a person, whether the foetus has rights, and more. Don Marquis …

Ord's (2008) position is that the view of equal moral status between embryos and adult
humans necessarily entails a reductio ad absurdum in the form of the Conclusion:“ …

I have argued that because human sexual reproduction inevitably involves the creation and
destruction of embryos, it is a problematic activity for those who believe that the embryo is …

First published in 1985. Medical ethics is a vitally important subject and currently a highly
controversial one. Recent cases have highlighted both the intellectual and moral challenges …