Probability potentiality

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-247

  Nobbs, Christopher ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CONJOINED TWINS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONHOOD; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; PROBABILITY; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 33947393613     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180107070260     Document Type: Review

References (20)

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3. Although in this paper I only consider human infants, it could apply to any species capable of achieving personhood.
4. Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment). 2001. Fam. 147.
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8. See note 7, Holm and Erin 2001.
9. This choice is dependent on whether one believes one can ever morally end a potential person's life. Although this is an interesting question, it is beyond the scope of this paper, and the outcome has no direct effect on this paper. So, for now, I leave the assumption that one can kill a potential being to save another.
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14. See note 12, Reichlin 1997.
15. See note 12, Reichlin 1997:14.
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17. See note 15, Singer 1993.
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19. Engelhardt also mentions a similar concept: Engelhardt HT Jr. The Foundations of Bioethics. New York: Oxford University Press; 1996:141.
20. Thereby revealing the last remaining ball and ending the lottery - hence why a 37-ball lottery takes 36 weeks.