Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical EthicsThis best-selling textbook and reader continues to set the standard in medical ethics. It contains the necessary background information, readings, and case studies to help readers appreciate the complex moral and social issues of modern medicine. The book's non-technical approach gives readers with little or no philosophy or medical background the opportunity to participate in discussions about the many thought-provoking issues that concern medical ethicists. |
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Page 105
... wrong , according to Marquis , is that it deprives a person of the value of his or her future . Because a fetus , if not aborted , can be assumed to have a future like ours that is also of value , abortion , like any other kind of ...
... wrong , according to Marquis , is that it deprives a person of the value of his or her future . Because a fetus , if not aborted , can be assumed to have a future like ours that is also of value , abortion , like any other kind of ...
Page 106
... wrong is the loss of his or her future .... The claim that what makes killing wrong is the loss of the victim's future is directly supported by two considerations . In the first place , this theory explains why we regard killing as one ...
... wrong is the loss of his or her future .... The claim that what makes killing wrong is the loss of the victim's future is directly supported by two considerations . In the first place , this theory explains why we regard killing as one ...
Page 107
... wrong to kill human beings after the time of birth is a reason that also applies to fetuses , it follows that abortion is prima facie seriously morally wrong . This argument does not rely on the invalid infer- ence that , since it is wrong ...
... wrong to kill human beings after the time of birth is a reason that also applies to fetuses , it follows that abortion is prima facie seriously morally wrong . This argument does not rely on the invalid infer- ence that , since it is wrong ...
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Moral Principles Ethical | 2 |
Kants Ethics | 12 |
RAWLSS THEORY OF JUSTICE | 21 |
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