Abortion and the moral significance of merely possible persons finding middle ground in hard cases
This book has two main goals. The first is to give an account, called Variabilism, of the moral significance of merely possible persons—persons who, relative to a particular circumstance, or possible future or world, could but in fact never do exist. The second is to use Variabilism to illuminate ab...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht ; London :
Springer
c2010.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2010. |
Series: | Philosophy and medicine ;
v. 107. |
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009451531706719 |
Table of Contents:
- The Moral Significance of Merely Possible Persons
- The Abortion Paradox
- Three More Arguments Against Early Abortion
- Abortion and Variabilism
- Conclusion.