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" A critical introduction to the ethics of abortion: : "
by Bernie Cantens.
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BL
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844697
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Cantens, Bernie
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| Title & Author
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A critical introduction to the ethics of abortion: : : understanding the moral arguments /\ by Bernie Cantens.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York, NY :: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,, 2019.
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xvii, 244 pages ;; 25 cm
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1350055867
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: 1350055875
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: 1350055883
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: 1350055891
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: 9781350055865
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: 9781350055872
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: 9781350055889
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: 9781350055896
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Personhood arguments for the moral permissibility of abortion -- Personhood arguments for the moral wrongness of abortion -- What if we cannot determine the concept of personhood? -- Women's rights and abortion -- The ethics of killing and abortion -- A virtue ethics approach to abortion -- Feminism and abortion -- Prenatal screening and human genetic ethical issues -- Law and abortion in the United States.
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A Critical Introduction to the Ethics of Abortion addresses some of the most prominent and influential arguments to the abortion debate. These include the Being a Person verses Functioning as a Person Argument, women's rights vis-a-vis the rights of the foetus, personhood as an essentially contested concept, and a virtue ethics approach.
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Abortion-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Abortion-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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179.7/6
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HQ767.15.C39 2019
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