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A defence of the potential future of value theory.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12042410     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In this issue of the journal Mark Brown has offered a new argument against my potential future of value theory. I argue that even though the premises of this new argument are far more defensible than the premises of his old argument, the new argument does not show that the potential future of value theory of the wrongness of killing is false. If the considerations to which Brown appeals are used, not to show that the potential future of value theory is false, but to show that abortion is morally permissible, they are also unsuccessful. I also argue that Brown's clarified self-represented future of value account and Simon Parsons's account of the wrongness of killing are both subject to major difficulties. Finally, I show, in an appendix, that Brown's assertion that my discussion of his views suffers from major logical errors is false.
Authors:
D Marquis
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comment; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of medical ethics     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0306-6800     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Ethics     Publication Date:  2002 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-06-03     Completed Date:  2002-07-24     Revised Date:  2008-11-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7513619     Medline TA:  J Med Ethics     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  198-201; discussion 202     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. dmarquis@ku.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abortion, Legal / standards*
Decision Making
Ethics
Female
Fetus
Homicide*
Humans
Morals*
Pregnancy
Value of Life*
Comments/Corrections
Comment On:
J Med Ethics. 2002 Jun;28(3):196-7   [PMID:  12042409 ]
J Med Ethics. 2002 Jun;28(3):192-5; discussion 202   [PMID:  12042408 ]

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