A Defense of AbortionCambridge University Press, 2003 - 350 pàgines The central thesis of philosopher David Boonin is that the moral case against abortion can be shown to be unsuccessful on terms that critics of abortion can and do accept. Critically examining a wide array of arguments that have attempted to establish that every human fetus has a right to life, Boonin posits that all of these arguments fail on their own terms. He then argues that even if the fetus does have a right to life, abortion can still be shown to be morally permissible on the critic of abortion's own terms. Finally, Boonin considers a number of arguments against abortion that do not depend on the claim that the fetus has a right to life, including those based on the golden rule, considerations of uncertainty and a commitment to certain feminist principles, and asserts that these positions, too, are ultimately unsuccessful. The result is the most thorough and detailed case for the moral permissibility of abortion that has yet been written. David Boonin is professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue (Cambridge, 1994). |
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Framing the Debate | 1 |
11 The Question | 3 |
112 Three Objections | 6 |
12 The Method | 9 |
122 Reflective Equilibrium and Abortion | 13 |
13 The Arguments | 14 |
132 NonRightsBased Arguments | 18 |
The Conception Criterion | 19 |
435 Rejecting the Second Claim | 164 |
44 The Responsibility Objection | 167 |
441 Two Senses of Responsibility | 168 |
442 The Significance of the Distinction | 172 |
443 Three Objections | 175 |
45 The Killing versus Letting Die Objection | 188 |
452 Letting the Fetus Die | 193 |
453 Killing the Fetus | 199 |
21 The Parsimony Argument | 20 |
22 The Species Essence Argument | 23 |
23 The Kindred Species Argument | 26 |
24 The Sanctity of Human Life Argument | 27 |
25 The Slippery Slope Argument | 33 |
26 The Potentiality Argument | 45 |
27 The Essential Property Argument | 49 |
28 The FutureLikeOurs Argument | 56 |
281 The Argument | 57 |
282 The Challenge | 62 |
283 Occurrent versus Dispositional Desires | 64 |
284 Actual versus Ideal Desires | 70 |
285 Implications | 79 |
29 The Probability Argument | 85 |
Postconception Criteria | 91 |
31 Implantation | 92 |
32 External Human Form | 95 |
33 Actual Fetal Movement | 97 |
34 Perceived Fetal Movement Quickening | 98 |
351 The Brain | 99 |
352 The Cerebral Cortex | 102 |
353 The Initial Brain Activity Criterion | 104 |
354 The Symmetry Argument | 112 |
36 Organized Cortical Brain Activity | 115 |
362 Rival Arguments | 116 |
363 The Modified FutureLikeOurs Argument | 122 |
364 The Gray Area | 127 |
37 Viability | 129 |
The Good Samaritan Argument | 133 |
41 The Argument | 135 |
42 The Weirdness Objection | 139 |
43 The Tacit Consent Objection | 148 |
432 The Significance of the Objection | 150 |
433 The Objections Two Claims | 153 |
434 Rejecting the First Claim | 154 |
454 Two Objections | 204 |
46 The Intending versus Foreseeing Objection | 212 |
462 Intentionally Letting the Fetus Die | 215 |
463 Intentionally Killing the Fetus | 221 |
47 The Stranger versus Offspring Objection | 227 |
48 The Adult versus Infant Objection | 234 |
49 The Different Burdens Objection | 236 |
41O The Organ Ownership Objection | 242 |
411 The Child Support Objection | 246 |
412 The Extraction Versus Abortion Objection | 254 |
413 The ThirdParty Objection | 260 |
414 The Feminist Objection | 262 |
4141 The Ignoring Patriarchy Version | 263 |
4142 The Selfishness Version | 265 |
415 The Duty to Save the Violinist Objection | 266 |
4151 The Conscription Version | 267 |
4152 The Involuntary Samaritan Version | 268 |
4153 The Justification versus Excuse Version | 269 |
4154 The Consequentialist Version | 271 |
416 The Compensation Objection | 273 |
417 The Inconsistency Objection | 274 |
418 Some Puzzles Resolved | 276 |
NonRightsBased Arguments | 282 |
51 The Golden Rule Argument | 283 |
511 Hares Version | 284 |
512 Genslers Version | 289 |
52 The Culture of Death Argument | 298 |
53 The ProLife Feminist Argument | 300 |
54 The Uncertainty Argument | 310 |
541 Three Versions of the Argument | 312 |
542 Three Objections | 314 |
Bibliography | 325 |
345 | |
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Referències a aquest llibre
Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics Andrew I. Cohen,Christopher Heath Wellman Previsualització no disponible - 2005 |
Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom In The 21st Century Alexander Sanger Previsualització no disponible - 2004 |