Time-Relative Interests and Abortion

Abstract The concept of a time-relative interest is introduced by Jeff McMahan to solve certain puzzles about the badness of death. Some people (e.g. McMahan and David DeGrazia) believe that this concept can also be used to show that abortion is permissible. In this paper, I first argue that if the...

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Main Author: Liao, S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2007, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 242-256
Further subjects:B Killing
B Infanticide
B foetus
B time-relative interest
B Abortion
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