Why Abortion is Immoral

Why abortion is immoral.

1 The view that abortion is, with rare exceptions, seriously immoral has received little support in the recent philosophical literature. No doubt most philosophers affiliated with secular institutions of higher education believe that the anti-abortion position is either a symptom of irrational religious dogma or a conclusion generated by seriously confused philosophical argument. The purpose of...

Deprivations, futures and the wrongness of killing.

In my essay, Why abortion is immoral, I criticised discussions of the morality of abortion in which the crucial issue is whether fetuses are human beings or whether fetuses are persons. Both argument strategies are inadequate because they rely on indefensible assumptions. Why should being a human being or being a person make a moral difference? I argued that the correct account of the morality ...

Sensationalized philosophy: a reply to Marquis's "Why abortion is immoral.

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Transporting minors for immoral purposes: the case for the Child Custody Protection Act & the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.

The significance of personal identity to abortion.

In ‘The Insignificance of Personal Identity to Bioethics,’ David Shoemaker argues that, contrary to common opinion, considerations of personal identity have no relevance to certain important debates in bioethics, such as abortion, the definition of death, and advanced directives. My aim is to show that Shoemaker is mistaken concerning the relevance of personal identity to the abortion debate – ...