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 …

Much of the debate about the ethics of abortion has centered on whether the fetus is a
person. In an attempt to sidestep this complex issue, I argue that, even if the fetus is not a …

In my article" Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The impairment
argument"(this journal), I defended what I called “The impairment argument” which purports …

The impairment argument claims that abortion is immoral, because it results in a greater
impairment to a fetus than other actions that are clearly immoral, such as inflicting fetal …

Perry Hendricks has recently presented the impairment argument for the immorality of
abortion, to which I responded and he has now replied. The argument is based on the …

In his recent article Perry Hendricks presents what he calls the impairment argument to show
that abortion is immoral. To do so, he argues that to give a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome is …

In an article of this journal, Perry Hendricks makes a novel argument for the immorality of
abortion. According to his impairment argument, abortion is immoral because:(a) it is wrong …

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 …

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 …

Perry Hendricks' impairment argument for the immorality of abortion is based on two
premises: first, impairing a fetus with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is immoral, and second, if …