An entity has moral status if and only if it matters (to some degree) from the moral point of
view for its own sake. More specifically, one's moral status consists in there being certain …

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 …

Abstract ADVANGEBOOKS-UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO
INFORMAL LOGIC, 9E shows readers how to construct arguments in everyday life, using …

This article is a critical review of David Boonin's book, A Defense of Abortion (Cambridge
University Press, 2002), a significant contribution to the literature on this subject and …

In 'Why Abortion is Immoral', Don Marquis argues that abortion is wrong for the same reason
that murder is wrong, namely, that it deprives a human being of an FLO, a 'future like …

The purpose of this essay is to offer support for the substance view of persons, the
philosophical anthropology defended by Patrick Lee in his essay. In order to accomplish this …

The present essay aims to respond to recent arguments which maintain that persons with
severe cognitive impairments should not enjoy the full moral status or equal dignity as other" …

What do we owe our future children? How do advances in biomedical science bear on these
obligations? How do capitalist incentives distort their execution? Advances in …

Don Marquis has argued that abortion is seriously wrong for the same reason that killing an
adult human being is wrong: it deprives a being of a" future like ours"(FLO), that is, a future of …

Procreative Ethics addresses questions at the beginning of life from a point of view that is
alternatively philosophical and christian. The author seeks to defend philosophically some …