Why I was never a zygote

Southern Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-83

  Lane, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; ZYGOTE;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 21744458118     PISSN: 00384283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2003.tb00942.x     Document Type: Article

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