Ethics

My belief about the ethics of abortion is that it is a metaphysical question (meta, beyond, physics, the laws of science)….

What happens during an abortion? Source http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/L/lifestuff/content/teachers/up_close/egg_sperm/text.html There are three different abortion procedures: Early medical abortion (up to nine weeks) This…

The Moral Status of the Foetus: Philosophical Investigations into the Abortion issue The Nature of the Problem Click here for the…

An exploration of the link between issues surrounding abortion (such as rights, autonomy, universalisability and consequences) and the sanctity of human…

Here is a detailed powerpoint by Andrew Capone considering strong and weak sanctity of life arguments surrounding abortion, and the doctrine…

Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life 1. Topics • Sanctity of Life – Strong Sanctity of Life – Doctrine of…

WEBLINKS – abortion The index of hyperlinks on abortion from San Diego University, Lawrence Hinman, has a wealth of research material….

Jan 2010 (new spec) a) Explain how the ethics of a religion you have studied might be aplplied to abortion. (25)…

a. Explain how a follower of Natural Law Theory might approach the issues surrounding abortion (25) b ‘Natural Law has no…

Abortion Teeenage preganancy rates have plummeted – and also teenage abortions. Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that…

workbook abortion.pdf

The underage girl Dorothy, 14, and her mother Rachel are among the first clients to arrive. She is nervous and embarrassed,…

From the Encyclical Letter Mater et Magistra of Pope John XXIII, May 15, 1961 RESPECT FOR THE LAWS OF LIFE We…

This article by Lara Denis (Canadian Journal of Philosophy December  2007) considers two Kantian arguments against abortion: R.M.Hare's and Harry Gensler's….

Strong sanctity of life Source: http://www.swcc.beds.sch.uk/studentresources/MPSRE/Sourcesforabortionkeyconceptslesson.pdf The Bible is often cited as the basis of strong sanctity of life stance and…

ABORTION A BRIEFING PAPER Source: http://www.churchofengland.org/media/45673/abortion.pdf 1. Introduction The Church of England encourages its members to think through issues themselves in the…

Judith Jarvis Thomson: A Defense of Abortion From Philosophy & Public Affairs, Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1971). (Reprinted in "Intervention…

Mary Anne Warren: “Abortion is Morally Permissible”  Here are some notes on Mary Anne Warren's article. Click here for the full…

Clare Rayner, who died recently, explains how an early experience she had as a young nurse shaped her views on abortion…

Janet Radcliffe Richards abortion and punishment http://www.prochoiceforum.org.uk/al7.php As already stated, most views against abortion base their position from the value theyplace…

This extract is taken from a longer discussion with Professor Jim Stone on Jonathan Glover's website. Consider the second premise, that…

Don Marquis: "Why Abortion is Immoral" Don Marquis develops a theory of personhood that includes the idea of the value of…

EXTRACT ABORTION and PERSONHOOD Simon Blackburn page 54 A good first philosophical question to ask might be whether this black and…

Here is an extract from Peter Singer's Practical Ethics. The total view treats infants as replaceable, in much the same way…

Jonathan Glover explains the ethics of embryo research The impasse in the abortion debate partly results from all parties treating it…

Michael Tooley's justification of abortion rests upon a. a particular view of rights and b. a definition of personhood. Tooley argues…

Rosalind Hursthouse’s “Virtue Theory and Abortion” – notes From Philosophy and Public Affairs ,20, 1991 Part I—Framework of Moral Theories  1….

This article by Alberto Guibilini and Francesca Minerva was published in the Journal of Medical Ethics in March 2012, and provoked…