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Abortion & unborn human life / Patrick Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Patrick, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Abortion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Patrick Lee surveys the main philosophical arguments in favor of the moral permissibility of abortion and refutes them point by point. In a calm and philosophically sophisticated manner, he presents a powerful case for the pro-life position and a serious challenge to all of the main philosophical arguments on behalf of the pro-choice position.
- Contents:
- Do unborn human beings become persons after birth?
- Do unborn human beings become persons during gestation?
- When do individual human beings come to be?
- Is abortion justified as nonintentional killing?
- Consequentialist arguments.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1806-3
- OCLC:
- 861793403
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