Arguments about abortion : personhood, morality, and law / Kate Greasley.
2017
K5181 .G74 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Arguments about abortion : personhood, morality, and law / Kate Greasley.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
ix, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
1. What should abortion argument be about?
2. Gestation as good samaritanism
3. Abortion as justified homicide
4. Analogical arguments and sex equality
5. Personhood thresholds, arbitrariness, and 'punctualism'
6. Dualism, substantial identity, and the precautionary principle
7. Gradualism and human embodiment
8. Human equality and the significance of birth
9. Regulating abortion
10. Selective abortion: sex and disability
11. Matters of conscience.
2. Gestation as good samaritanism
3. Abortion as justified homicide
4. Analogical arguments and sex equality
5. Personhood thresholds, arbitrariness, and 'punctualism'
6. Dualism, substantial identity, and the precautionary principle
7. Gradualism and human embodiment
8. Human equality and the significance of birth
9. Regulating abortion
10. Selective abortion: sex and disability
11. Matters of conscience.
Summary
Does the morality of abortion depend on the moral status of the human fetus? Must the law of abortion presume an answer to the question of when personhood begins? Can a law which permits late abortion but not infanticide be morally justified? These are just some of the questions this book sets out to address. With an extended analysis of the moral and legal status of abortion, Kate Greasley offers an alternative account to the reputable arguments of Ronald Dworkin and Judith Jarvis Thomson and instead brings the philosophical notion of 'personhood' to the foreground of this debate. Structured in three parts, the book will (I) consider the relevance of prenatal personhood for the moral and legal evaluation of abortion; (II) trace the key features of the conventional debate about when personhood begins and explore the most prominent issues in abortion ethics literature: the human equality problem and the difference between abortion and infanticide; and (III) examine abortion law and regulation as well as the differing attitudes to selective abortion. The book concludes with a snapshot into the current controversy surrounding the scope of the right to conscientiously object to participation in abortion provision.
Note
Does the morality of abortion depend on the moral status of the human fetus? Must the law of abortion presume an answer to the question of when personhood begins? Can a law which permits late abortion but not infanticide be morally justified? These are just some of the questions this book sets out to address. With an extended analysis of the moral and legal status of abortion, Kate Greasley offers an alternative account to the reputable arguments of Ronald Dworkin and Judith Jarvis Thomson and instead brings the philosophical notion of 'personhood' to the foreground of this debate. Structured in three parts, the book will (I) consider the relevance of prenatal personhood for the moral and legal evaluation of abortion; (II) trace the key features of the conventional debate about when personhood begins and explore the most prominent issues in abortion ethics literature: the human equality problem and the difference between abortion and infanticide; and (III) examine abortion law and regulation as well as the differing attitudes to selective abortion. The book concludes with a snapshot into the current controversy surrounding the scope of the right to conscientiously object to participation in abortion provision.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K5181 .G74 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780198766780 hardback
0198766785 hardback
9780198806608 paperback
0198806604 paperback
0198766785 hardback
9780198806608 paperback
0198806604 paperback
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