Fetuses are not adult humans: a response to Miller on abortion

Miller has recently argued that fetuses have the same inherent value as non-disabled adults. However, we do not need to postulate some property possessed equally by all humans, including fetuses, in order to explain the equality of non-disabled adults. It would suffice if there were some property po...

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Main Author: Saunders, Ben (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 50, Issue: 11, Pages: 768-769
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Summary:Miller has recently argued that fetuses have the same inherent value as non-disabled adults. However, we do not need to postulate some property possessed equally by all humans, including fetuses, in order to explain the equality of non-disabled adults. It would suffice if there were some property possessed by all non-disabled adults, but not by fetuses.
ISSN:1473-4257
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme-2024-109854