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The rights and wrongs of abortion

edited by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and Thomas Scanlon ; contributors, John Finnis ... [et al.]

(A philosophy & public affairs reader)

Princeton University Press, 1974

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Philosophy & public affairs

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"The essays in this book originally appeared in the quarterly journal Philosophy & public affairs."

Contents of Works

  • Thomson, J. J. A defense of abortion
  • Wertheimer, R. Understanding the abortion argument
  • Tooley, M. Abortion and infanticide
  • Finnis, J. The rights and wrongs of abortion
  • Thomson, J. J. Rights and deaths

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780691019796

Description

During its first two years of publication, Philosophy & Public Affairs contributed to the public debate on abortion a set of remarkable and brilliant articles which examine the basic philosophical issues posed by this controversial subject: whether the fetus is a person, whether it has a right to life, whether a woman has a right to decide what happens in and to her body, whether there is an ethical connection between abortion and infanticide, whether there is any point after conception where it is possible to draw the line beyond which killing is impermissible. These five essays, together here for the first time in a single volume, offer radically differing points of view; they provide the best sustained discussion of these philosophical issues available anywhere. Contents: Judith Jarvis Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion"; Roger Wertheimer, "Understanding the Abortion Argument"; Michael Tooley, "Abortion and Infanticide"; John Finnis, "The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion"; and Judith Jarvis Thomson, "Rights and Deaths."
Volume

ISBN 9780691071978

Description

During its first two years of publication, Philosophy & Public Affairs contributed to the public debate on abortion a set of remarkable and brilliant articles which examine the basic philosophical issues posed by this controversial subject: whether the fetus is a person, whether it has a right to life, whether a woman has a right to decide what happens in and to her body, whether there is an ethical connection between abortion and infanticide, whether there is any point after conception where it is possible to draw the line beyond which killing is impermissible. These five essays, together here for the first time in a single volume, offer radically differing points of view; they provide the best sustained discussion of these philosophical issues available anywhere. Contents: Judith Jarvis Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion"; Roger Wertheimer, "Understanding the Abortion Argument"; Michael Tooley, "Abortion and Infanticide"; John Finnis, "The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion"; and Judith Jarvis Thomson, "Rights and Deaths."

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  • NCID
    BA10635487
  • ISBN
    • 0691071977
    • 0691019797
  • LCCN
    73008268
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Princeton, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    127 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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