| Rights, indirect harms and the non-identity problem. | |
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PMID: 18522589 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The non-identity problem is the problem of grounding moral wrongdoing in cases in which an action affects who will exist in the future. Consider a woman who intentionally conceives while on medication that is harmful for a fetus. If the resulting child is disabled as a result of the medication, what makes the woman's action morally wrong? I argue that an explanation in terms of harmful rights violations fails, and I focus on Peter Markie's recent rights-based defense. Markie's analysis rests on the notion of an indirect harm, and I show that the calculation of an indirect harm relies on an improper baseline for the determination of whether or not an action adversely affects a patient's interests. I also defend an impersonal duty-based analysis of the wrongdoing in non-identity cases against an objection by Markie. I close by arguing that the rights-based analysis is insensitive to context and that context is morally relevant in the determination of the moral valence of actions in cases of non-identity. This failure provides a pro tanto reason to favor an impersonal duty-based analysis of the wrongdoing in non-identity cases. |
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Authors:
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Justin Patrick McBrayer |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Bioethics Volume: 22 ISSN: 1467-8519 ISO Abbreviation: Bioethics Publication Date: 2008 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-06-04 Completed Date: 2008-06-24 Revised Date: 2009-11-19 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8704792 Medline TA: Bioethics Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 299-306 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65203, USA. justinmcbrayer@yahoo.com |
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Abnormalities, Drug-Induced* Ethical Analysis* Female Fertilization* Fetus / drug effects Human Rights* Humans Morals* Personhood* Pregnancy Social Responsibility* |
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