Abortion and assent

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 416-427

  Rhodes, Rosamond ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDUCED ABORTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; OWNERSHIP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RESEARCH EMBRYO CREATION; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0033191415     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180199804034     Document Type: Article

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6. See note 4, Marquis 1989; see also Feinberg J. Abortion. In: Regan T, ed. Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1986:256-93; Tooley M. Abortion and Infanticide. New York: Oxford University press, 1984; Warren MA. On the moral and legal status of abortion. The Monist 1973;57(1):43-61; Engelhardt HT, Jr. The ontology of abortion. Ethics 1974;94(3):217-34; Sumner LW. Abortion and Moral Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981; Noonan JT, Jr. An almost absolute value in history. In: Noonan JT, Jr., ed. The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970; Devine P. The Ethics of Homicide. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1978:74-90,203-4.
7. See note 4, Marquis 1989; see also Feinberg J. Abortion. In: Regan T, ed. Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1986:256-93; Tooley M. Abortion and Infanticide. New York: Oxford University press, 1984; Warren MA. On the moral and legal status of abortion. The Monist 1973;57(1):43-61; Engelhardt HT, Jr. The ontology of abortion. Ethics 1974;94(3):217-34; Sumner LW. Abortion and Moral Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981; Noonan JT, Jr. An almost absolute value in history. In: Noonan JT, Jr., ed. The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970; Devine P. The Ethics of Homicide. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1978:74-90,203-4.
8. See note 4, Marquis 1989; see also Feinberg J. Abortion. In: Regan T, ed. Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1986:256-93; Tooley M. Abortion and Infanticide. New York: Oxford University press, 1984; Warren MA. On the moral and legal status of abortion. The Monist 1973;57(1):43-61; Engelhardt HT, Jr. The ontology of abortion. Ethics 1974;94(3):217-34; Sumner LW. Abortion and Moral Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981; Noonan JT, Jr. An almost absolute value in history. In: Noonan JT, Jr., ed. The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970; Devine P. The Ethics of Homicide. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1978:74-90,203-4.
9. See note 4, Marquis 1989; see also Feinberg J. Abortion. In: Regan T, ed. Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1986:256-93; Tooley M. Abortion and Infanticide. New York: Oxford University press, 1984; Warren MA. On the moral and legal status of abortion. The Monist 1973;57(1):43-61; Engelhardt HT, Jr. The ontology of abortion. Ethics 1974;94(3):217-34; Sumner LW. Abortion and Moral Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981; Noonan JT, Jr. An almost absolute value in history. In: Noonan JT, Jr., ed. The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970; Devine P. The Ethics of Homicide. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1978:74-90,203-4.
10. See note 4, Marquis 1989; see also Feinberg J. Abortion. In: Regan T, ed. Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1986:256-93; Tooley M. Abortion and Infanticide. New York: Oxford University press, 1984; Warren MA. On the moral and legal status of abortion. The Monist 1973;57(1):43-61; Engelhardt HT, Jr. The ontology of abortion. Ethics 1974;94(3):217-34; Sumner LW. Abortion and Moral Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981; Noonan JT, Jr. An almost absolute value in history. In: Noonan JT, Jr., ed. The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970; Devine P. The Ethics of Homicide. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1978:74-90,203-4.
11. See note 4, Marquis 1989; see also Feinberg J. Abortion. In: Regan T, ed. Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy. New York: Random House, 1986:256-93; Tooley M. Abortion and Infanticide. New York: Oxford University press, 1984; Warren MA. On the moral and legal status of abortion. The Monist 1973;57(1):43-61; Engelhardt HT, Jr. The ontology of abortion. Ethics 1974;94(3):217-34; Sumner LW. Abortion and Moral Theory. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981; Noonan JT, Jr. An almost absolute value in history. In: Noonan JT, Jr., ed. The Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970; Devine P. The Ethics of Homicide. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1978:74-90,203-4.
12. See note 4, Marquis 1989:184.
13. See note 4, Marquis 1989:188.
14. To illustrate, from statements such as, "There are shoes in the middle of the room." and "There is a newspaper on the chair." we cannot conclude either that "John should clean his room." or that "Mary should make the room look more lived in." Similarly, from statements such as "The fetus is genetically human." or "The fetus is incapable of taking responsibility for its actions." we cannot conclude anything about how we ought to treat it. Descriptions of the world by themselves tell us nothing about ethics.
15. See note 4, Marquis 1989:188.
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17. See note 10, Thomson 1971, at 56.