There has been considerable discussion of the moral status of early fetuses and the ethics of
the choice whether to abort a pregnancy. But one tenable view about the moral status of …

The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument for the claim that abortion, except
perhaps in rare instances, is seriously wrong. 1 One reason for these exceptions is to …

It is commonly held that there can be no morally relevant difference between a fetus inside
the womb and about to be born and that same fetus just after it has been born. Birth, it is …

Philosophical and popular thinking about abortion is influenced by the belief that the
fundamental issue in settling the morality of abortion is whether a fetus is a person (is a …

Based on a non-consequentialist ethical theory, this book critically examines the prevalent
view that if a fetus has the moral standing of a person, it has a right to life and abortion is …

Objection A: Certainly the most troublesome premise in this argument is 2. It assumes that if
one is a human being at time p+ 1, one must also have been human at time p (given that p is …

In earlier essays 1, I have argued that if there is some point in the development of the fetus
from which time on it is a living human being with all the rights of such an entity, then it would …

When a woman or girl finds herself pregnant, is it morally permissible for her to end that
pregnancy? One dominant tradition says “no”; its close cousin says “rarely”-exceptions may …

It is common for fetal" viability" to be dismissed out of hand as a morally arbitrary or problem-
ridden criterion for fetal" personhood." In this essay I want to examine and reject one …

/^\NE of our most fundamental moral intuitions^^ is that, except in the most extreme circum?
stances, it is wrong to take a human life. This in? tuition is, however, not very precise …