The Ethics of Abortion - Christopher Kaczor

The Ethics of Abortion

Women’s Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice
Buch | Softcover
280 Seiten
2014 | 2nd edition
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978-0-415-73293-2 (ISBN)
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Appealing to reason, this Second Edition of The Ethics of Abortion is the most comprehensive case against the choice of abortion yet published.
Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most comprehensive case against the choice of abortion yet published. This Second Edition of The Ethics of Abortion critically evaluates all the major grounds for denying fetal personhood, including the views of those who defend not only abortion but also post-birth abortion. It also provides several (non-theological) justifications for the conclusion that all human beings, including those in utero, should be respected as persons. This book also critiques the view that abortion is not wrong even if the human fetus is a person. The Ethics of Abortion examines hard cases for those who are prolife, such as abortion in cases of rape or in order to save the mother’s life, as well as hard cases for defenders of abortion, such as sex selection abortion and the rationale for being "personally opposed" but publically supportive of abortion. It concludes with a discussion of whether artificial wombs might end the abortion debate. Answering the arguments of defenders of abortion, this book provides reasoned justification for the view that all intentional abortions are ethically wrong and that doctors and nurses who object to abortion should not be forced to act against their consciences.

Updates and Revisions to the Second Edition include:

-A response to Alberto Giubilini’s and Francesca Minerva’s now famous 2012 article, "After-Birth Abortion" in the Journal of Medical Ethics

-Responses to new defenses of Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist argument

-The addition of a new chapter on gradualist views of fetal moral worth, including Jeff McMahan’s Time-Relative Interest Account

-The addition of a new chapter on the conscience protection for health care workers who are opposed to abortion

-Responses to many critiques of the first edition, including those made by Donald Marquis, David DeGrazia, and William E. May

Christopher Kaczor is William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He did post-doctoral research at the University of Cologne as a von Humboldt Federal Chancellor Fellow and returned as a Fulbright Scholar. The author of eleven books, Dr. Kaczor’s research and views have been in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, BBC, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show.

1. Introduction 2. Is after-birth abortion ethically permissible? 3. Does personhood begin at birth? 4. Does personhood begin during pregnancy? 5. Is fetal moral status linked to fetal development? 6. Does personhood begin at conception? 7. Objections to the basic moral status of human embryos 8. Is it wrong to abort a person? 9. Hard cases for critics of abortion 10. Hard cases for defenders of abortion 11. Abortion and conscience protections 12. Could artificial wombs end the abortion debate? 13. Appendix: The Myth of the Child as Vampire 14. Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.12.2014
Reihe/Serie Routledge Annals of Bioethics
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 430 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-415-73293-X / 041573293X
ISBN-13 978-0-415-73293-2 / 9780415732932
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