Defending Life
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Author
Publication
2007 - Cambridge University Press, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
78,000 words, Guess
Page Count
312 pages
Physical Format
EBook
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780511332326
- ISBN-139780511339493
- ISBN-100511332327
- ISBN-100511339496
- OverDriveBB1652F1-F084-4880-A89D-8BD8FD079BBF
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780511332326
- Open LibraryOL24291306M
Description
Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the prolife position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of persons as the view with the most explanatory power. The substance view entails that the unborn is a subject of moral rights from conception. While defending this view, the author responds to the arguments of thinkers such as Boonin, Dworkin, Stretton, Ford, and Brody. He also critiques Thomson's famous violinist argument and its revisions by Boonin and McDonagh. Defending Life includes chapters critiquing arguments found in popular politics and the controversy over cloning and stem cell research.
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