Persons, practices, and the conception argument

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 479-494

  Werpehowski, William ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Conception; Individual; Person

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; DECLARATION ON PROCURED ABORTION; DONUM VITAE; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORALITY; PERSONHOOD; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VATICAN;

DECLARATION ON PROCURED ABORTION; DONUM VITAE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; VATICAN;

BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIFE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PERSONHOOD; THEOLOGY; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0031241296     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/22.5.479     Document Type: Article

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