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Creation and abortion : a study in moral and legal philosophy / F.M. Kamm.
- Title
- Creation and abortion : a study in moral and legal philosophy / F.M. Kamm.
- Author
- Kamm, F. M. (Frances Myrna)
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HQ767.15 .K36 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 227 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Based on a non-consequentialist ethical theory, this book critically examines the prevalent view that if a fetus has the moral standing of a person, it has a right to life and abortion is impermissible. Most discussion of abortion has assumed that this view is correct, and so has focused on the question of the personhood of the fetus. Kamm begins by considering in detail the permissibility of killing in non-abortion cases which are similar to abortion cases. She goes on to consider the case for the permissibility of abortion in many types of pregnancies, including ones resulting from rape, voluntary pregnancy, and pregnancy resulting from a voluntary sex act, even if the fetus is considered a person. This argument emerges as part of a broader theory of creating new people responsibly. Kamm explores the implications of this argument for informed consent to abortion; responsibilities in pregnancy that is not aborted, and the significance of extra-uterine gestation devices for the permissibility of abortion.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Legislation
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- May we kill in nonabortion cases? -- Applying the argument to specific nonabortion cases -- Variations and alternatives -- May we kill in abortion cases? -- Creating responsibly -- Informed consent, responsibilities in pregnancy, and external means of gestation.
- ISBN
- 0195072839 (acid-free paper)
- 0195072847 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^91022932^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library