Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The impairment argument
Much of the debate about the ethics of abortion has centered on whether the fetus is a person. In an attempt to sidestep this complex issue, I argue that, even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral. To arrive at this conclusion, I argue that giving a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome is immor...
| Published in: | Bioethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Bioethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
impairment argument
B fetal alcohol syndrome B Abortion B Personhood |
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| Summary: | Much of the debate about the ethics of abortion has centered on whether the fetus is a person. In an attempt to sidestep this complex issue, I argue that, even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral. To arrive at this conclusion, I argue that giving a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome is immoral, and that if this is so, then killing the fetus is immoral. Roughly, this is because killing the fetus impairs it more than giving it fetal alcohol syndrome. Since abortion (in most cases) amounts to killing the fetus, this means that abortion (in most cases) is immoral. I defend the premises of this argument against a plethora of objections, concluding that they either do not work, or commit their proponent to a controversial position. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "The impairment argument for the immorality of abortion (2019)"
Kritik in "Violinists, demandingness, and the impairment argument against abortion (2020)" Kritik in "Abortion is incommensurable with fetal alcohol syndrome (2020)" Kritik in "Against the impairment argument (2020)" Kritik in "Why the immorality of consuming alcohol during pregnancy cannot tell us that abortion is immoral (2021)" Kritik in "On the impairment argument (2021)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12533 |