The recent Canadian forum's recommendations regarding" neurological determination of
death" claim to have determined a" Canadian definition, criteria, and minimum testing …

The contemporary philosophical literature on abortion primarily revolves around three
seemingly intractable debates, concerning the (1) moral status of the fetus,(2) scope of …

Most opposition to induced abortion turns on the belief that human fetuses are persons from
conception. On this view, the moral status of the fetus alone requires those in a position to …

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 …

Don Marquis has put forward a non-religious argument against abortion based on what he
claims is a morally relevant similarity between killing adult human beings and killing fetuses …

Most serious contemporary opposition to abortion is grounded on the belief that human
fetuses are members of the same moral category as beings like us, and that the loss of any …

In this paper, I argue that Carroll and Crutchfield fail to show that restrictivism requires such
legislation. My argument turns on safehaven laws—laws that allow parents to surrender their …

Jeremy Williams argues that both anti-abortion and pro-choice theories seem to justify two
forms of anti-abortion violence–(1) violence against those that perform abortions, and (2) the …

Cameron and Williamson have provided a provocative and timely review of the ethical
questions prompted by the birth of Dolly. The question Cameron and Williamson seek to …

This book considers the appropriate response of the criminal law with regard to women
whose acts or omissions in pregnancy cause the death or injury of the child born alive. It …