The fetal position
Subtitle: a rational approach to the abortion debate
By: by Chris Meyers.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781591027683
Subjects: Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects; Abortion, Induced -- ethics; Beginning of Human Life -- ethics; Philosophy, Medical; Public Opinion
Description: Provides a philosophical analysis of some of the most common arguments on both sides of the abortion issue as an example of engaging critical thinking for moral issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Philosophy to the rescue; title: What is the soul?; title: Life begins at conception. So what?; title: Abnormal human development; title: Responsibility; title: The potentiality argument; title: The golden rule argument against abortion; title: Rights of the pregnant woman; title: Consequences; title: Virtue ethics and conclusion.