Must we have full moral status throughout our existence? A reply to Alfonso Gómez-Lobo

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-310

  DeGrazia, David ^a  

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ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); ETHICS; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MORALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; VALUE OF LIFE;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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