The problems with utilitarian conceptions of personhood in the abortion debate
This article seeks to explore utilitarian conceptions of personhood which for a long time have been employed as part of a rational moral justification for the termination of pregnancy. Michael Tooley's desires-based rights approach to personhood presented in his work Abortion and Infanticide is...
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Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2011
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 37, Issue: 5, Pages: 318-320 |
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