The Deprivation Argument Against Abortion

The most plausible pro-life argument claims that abortion is seriously wrong because it deprives the foetus of something valuable. This paper examines two recent versions of this argument. Don Marquis's version takes the valuable thing to be a ‘future like ours’, a future containing valuable ex...

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Main Author: Stretton, Dean (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2004
In: Bioethics
Year: 2004, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 144-180
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