Abortion, Time-Relative Interests, and Futures Like Ours
Don Marquis (1989) has argued most abortions are immoral, for the same reason that killing you or me is immoral: abortion deprives the fetus of a valuable future (FLO). Call this account the FLOA. A rival account is Jeff McMahan’s (2002), time-relative interest account (TRIA) of the wrongness of kil...
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2012, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 493-506 |
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B Time-relative interest B David DeGrazia B Don Marquis B harm of death B Future Like Ours B Jeff McMahan B Abortion |
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