Arguments about abortion personhood, morality, and law Kate Greasley

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greasley, Kate, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Law and legislation.

Abortion.

Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2017

Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2017

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

Contents:

What should abortion argument be about?

Gestation as good Samaritanism

Abortion as justified homicide

Analogical arguments and sex equality

Personhood thresholds, arbitrariness, and 'punctualism'

Dualism, substantial identity, and the precautionary principle

Gradualism and human embodiment

Human equality and the significance of birth

Regulating abortion

Selective abortion

Matters of conscience

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index

Online resource; title from cover image (University press scholarship online, viewed March 27, 2017)

Other Format:

Print version Greasley, Kate. Arguments about abortion.

ISBN:

9780191821059

0191821055

9780191079399

0191079391

OCLC:

979423733

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