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100 1 $aBeckwith, Francis.
245 10 $aDefending life :$ba moral and legal case against abortion choice /$cFrancis J. Beckwith.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2007.
300 $axv, 296 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-290) and index.
505 0 $aAbortion and moral argument -- The Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, and abortion law -- Abortion, liberalism, and state neutrality -- Science, the unborn, and abortion methods -- Popular arguments : pity, tolerance, and ad hominem -- The nature of humanness and whether the unborn is a moral subject -- Does it really matter whether the unborn is a moral subject? : the case from bodily rights -- Cloning, bioethics, and reproductive liberty -- Conclusion : a case for human inclusiveness.
520 $aDefending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion {u2013} morally, legally, and politically {u2014} that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of persons as the view with the most explanatory power. The substance view entails that the unborn is a subject of moral rights from conception. While defending this view, the author responds to the arguments of thinkers such as Boonin, Dworkin, Stretton, Ford, and Brody. He also critiques Thomson{u2019}s famous violinist argument and its revisions by Boonin and McDonagh. Defending Life includes chapters critiquing arguments found in popular politics and the controversy over cloning and stem cell research.
650 0 $aAbortion.
650 0 $aAbortion$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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