But for the Grace of God: Abortion and Cognitive Disability, Luck and Moral Status
Many theories of moral status that are intended to ground pro-choice views on abortion tie full moral status to advanced cognitive capabilities. Extant accounts of this kind are inconsistent with the intuition that the profoundly cognitively disabled have full moral status. This paper improves upon...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2017]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2017, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-277 |
| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics NCH Medical ethics NCJ Ethics of science VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Modal theory of luck
B Cognitive Disability B Moral Status B Luck B Intuitions B Bioethics B animal ethics B Abortion B Moral Luck B intergroup bias B Personal Identity |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |