A critical introduction to the ethics of abortion: :
General Material Designation
[Book]
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understanding the moral arguments /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Bernie Cantens.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvii, 244 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Personhood arguments for the moral permissibility of abortion -- Personhood arguments for the moral wrongness of abortion -- What if we cannot determine the concept of personhood? -- Women's rights and abortion -- The ethics of killing and abortion -- A virtue ethics approach to abortion -- Feminism and abortion -- Prenatal screening and human genetic ethical issues -- Law and abortion in the United States.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A Critical Introduction to the Ethics of Abortion addresses some of the most prominent and influential arguments to the abortion debate. These include the Being a Person verses Functioning as a Person Argument, women's rights vis-a-vis the rights of the foetus, personhood as an essentially contested concept, and a virtue ethics approach.