| Abortion, Metaphysics and Morality: A Review of Francis Beckwith's Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice. | |
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PMID: 21597083 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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In Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (2007) and an earlier article in this journal, "Defending Abortion Philosophically"(2006), Francis Beckwith argues that fetuses are, from conception, prima facie wrong to kill. His arguments are based on what he calls a "metaphysics of the human person" known as "The Substance View." I argue that Beckwith's metaphysics does not support his abortion ethic: Moral, not metaphysical, claims that are part of this Substance View are the foundation of the argument, and Beckwith inadequately defends these moral claims. Thus, Beckwith's arguments do not provide strong support for what he calls the "pro-life" view of abortion. |
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Nathan Nobis |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-19 |
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Title: The Journal of medicine and philosophy Volume: - ISSN: 1744-5019 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7610512 Medline TA: J Med Philos Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
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