Fetuses are not adult humans: a response to Miller on abortion
Fetuses are not adult humans: a response to Miller on abortion
Calum Miller has recently argued that foetuses have the same inherent value as non-disabled adults. However, we do not need to postulate some property possessed equally by all humans, including foetuses, in order to explain the equality of non-disabled adults. It would suffice if there were some property possessed by all non-disabled adults, but not by foetuses.
Abortion - Induced, Ethics, Fetus, Moral Status, Personhood
Saunders, Ben
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Saunders, Ben
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Saunders, Ben
(2024)
Fetuses are not adult humans: a response to Miller on abortion.
Journal of Medical Ethics.
(doi:10.1136/jme-2024-109854).
Abstract
Calum Miller has recently argued that foetuses have the same inherent value as non-disabled adults. However, we do not need to postulate some property possessed equally by all humans, including foetuses, in order to explain the equality of non-disabled adults. It would suffice if there were some property possessed by all non-disabled adults, but not by foetuses.
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JME reply to Miller Jan2024 submission
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 February 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 February 2024
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Abortion - Induced, Ethics, Fetus, Moral Status, Personhood
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487538
ISSN: 1473-4257
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