In" Metaphysics and the Morality of Abortion," Earl Conee argues that" there is no
metaphysical support for a moral conclusion about abortion"(Conee 1999, p. 644). 1 Conee …

In an article in the journal Mind, Earl Conee considers four well-known but very different
discussions of the metaphysics of abortion and concludes that, in each, the metaphysical …

We shall find that the metaphysical views offered on behalf of moral conclusions about
abortion do nothing in defense of those conclusions... No metaphysical view cited on behalf …

Conclusions about the morality of abortion have been thought to receive some support from
metaphysical doctrines about persons. The paper studies four instances in which …

STUART ROSENBAUM in recent issues, the Journal of Church and State has hosted within
its pages a debate over abortion polity and its relation to ethics. In his essay, Francis J …

Philosophical debate about the ethics of abortion has reached stalemate on two key issues.
First, the claim that foetuses have moral standing that entitles them to protections for their …

As little as a decade ago most moral philosophers still believed that the exercise of their craft
did not include defending positions on actual moral problems. More recently they have come …

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We shall find that the metaphysical views offered on behalf of moral conclusions about
abortion do nothing in defence of those conclusions. Other disputable assumptions separate …

This view is said to justify a" very liberal" position on abortion, that" early abortion requires
no moral justification whatsoever," 3 and show this position to be" more attractive than has …