Understanding abortion : from mixed feelings to rational thought /
This compendium on the abortion issue gives both sides of the debate as evenly and objectively as possible, providing detailed analyses of the core ideas and principles of each position and leaving it to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Understanding abortion : |b from mixed feelings to rational thought / |c Stephen D. Schwarz ; with Kiki Latimer. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Lanham : |b Lexington Books, |c [2012] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2012 | |
| 300 | |a xi, 215 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Introduction -- "Oh my God, I'm pregnant" -- Understanding the abortion issue -- The moral question and the legal question -- Is abortion a religious issue? -- Neutral terminology -- Is the being in the womb a person? -- Points of agreement between the two sides -- Facts about being in the womb (BIW) -- pt. I. The pro-choice moral position -- 2. The feminist quality -- There are many reasons for having an abortion -- Women themselves must be the ones who make the abortion decision -- Pregnancy has profound effects on women's lives -- Abortion rights are basic human rights and necessary for gender equality -- 3. The general quality of life argument -- Every child a wanted child -- Every child a healthy child -- The quality of life of the woman -- The quality of life of the whole world : overpopulation -- 4. The not-a-person argument -- Human beings and persons -- A fetus has no absolute value -- Fetuses are not persons -- Mary Anne Warren's not-a-person argument -- Michale Tooley's not-a-person argument -- Michael Tooley's defense of infanticide -- David Boonin's not-a-person argument -- The MaGuire-Morgan not-a-person argument -- The fetus is a potential person, not an actual person -- The achievement view -- When is personhood achieved? -- The fetus is not a real person, only a biological organism -- Basis and implications of the not-a-person thesis -- 5. The no-duty-to-sustain argument -- A woman's right over her body -- Bolton's no-duty-to-sustain argument -- Thomson's violinist argument -- Thomson's violinist argument and the case of rape -- Thomson's intruder argument -- Thomson on the meaning of a right to life and the right to an abortion -- Thomson's account does not support an absolute right to abortion -- Abortion yes ; securing the death of the child no -- Standard methods of abortion -- Another method : dilation and extraction -- A controversy within the pro-choice community -- The question of fetal pain. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a pt. II. The pro-life moral position -- 6. The reality of the child in the womb -- The continuum argument -- The SLED argument -- Being a person and functioning as a person -- The person-human being distinction : engineered to try to justify abortion? -- Being and functioning -- The reality of the child in the womb -- 7. Abortion means killing this child -- Standard methods of abortion -- Dilation and extraction or partial-birth abortion -- "Partial-birth abortion" is not really abortion -- What are the results of abortion? -- Abortion as infanticide : the Kamchadal practice -- Abortion kills the child : the first refutation of the violinist argument -- The child's right over his body -- Abortion is intentional killing -- A mother's duty to sustain her child -- The violinist argument and the case of rape -- The special relation between a woman and her child -- Our general duty to help one another -- Summary of refutations of the violinist argument -- Objection and reply : he will never know the difference -- 8. Abortion causes pain to the child -- Abortion is wrong because it causes horrible pain to the child -- The special horror of partial-birth abortions -- Controversy regarding pain for the child -- The risk factor concerning pain to the child -- Weighing harms and benefits -- The pain argument applies even if the BIW is not a person -- 9. The dignity of the human person -- A reply to "Every child a wanted child" -- A reply to "Every child a healthy child" -- A reply to "The quality of life of the woman" -- A reply to "The qualty of life of the whole world : overpopulation" -- A reply to "The relative social acceptance" view of being a person -- A reply to two feminist pro-choice arguments -- The question of infanticide -- Making killing seem honorable. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a pt. III. Further moral considerations -- 10. Some pro-choice replies to pro-life claims -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the continuum argument -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the SLED argument -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the being-functioning distinction -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the violinist argument : active killing -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the violinist argument : intentional killing -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the violinist argument : a duty to the child -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the violinist argument : a general duty -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the child's right over his body -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding pain to the child -- Pro-choice replies to pro-life claims regarding the dignity of the human person -- 11. When does a person begin to exist? -- Formulating the question -- Some main lines proposed as marking the beginning of a person -- The question of infanticide -- An objection to almost all of these lines -- The achievement view, being-functioning, and the lines -- 12. Other approaches -- The agnostic position -- The gradualist position -- Early versus late abortion -- Pro-life : the Don Marquis future-like-ours argument -- Pro-choice : some replies to the future-like-ours argument -- 13. What should we do if we are in doubt? -- How doubt may arise -- The pro-life if-in-doubt argument -- The pro-choice if-in-doubt argument -- The psychology of pro-choice and pro-life -- The scope of doubt : early versus late abortions -- Which way of going wrong is worse? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a pt. IV. The legal question -- 14. The legal status : pro-choice and pro-life -- Can we legislate morality? -- The pro-choice legal position -- The pro-life legal position -- 15. The role of government -- The government cannot be neutral : it must take a stand -- The government cannot be neutral : it must draw the line somewhere -- "I'm personally opposed to abortion, but I think it should be legal" -- 16. Other significant legal aspects -- The question of discrimination -- The question of imposing -- The question of privacy -- The question of power-freedom-control for women : a pro-choice view -- Question of power-freedom-control for women : a pro-life view -- Which way of going wrong is worse? -- 17. The hard cases : rape, life of the woman, severe deformities -- Two positions on the hard cases -- The case of rape : protecting the woman's choice -- The case of rape : protecting the innocent child -- The case of rape : the testimony of a person conceived in rape -- The case of rape : some final thoughts -- The life of the woman -- The child with severe deformities -- A general analysis of the pro-life-with-exceptions view -- pt. IV. Concluding topics -- 18. Safety issues -- Pro-choice : keep abortion safe and legal -- Pro-life : legal abortion is not safe -- Pro-choice : back-alley abortions -- Pro-life : back-alley abortions -- Is abortion safer than childbirth? -- 19. Going beyond abortion : the unity way -- Woman and child go together -- Abortion is harmful to women -- Unwanted pregnancy versus unwanted child -- Abortion is about family relationships -- An alternative to abortion : adoption -- A final note -- 20. Ultimate issues -- What is abortion? -- What is a human person? -- Further moral considerations -- Other items -- Identifying with those involved. | |
| 520 | |a This compendium on the abortion issue gives both sides of the debate as evenly and objectively as possible, providing detailed analyses of the core ideas and principles of each position and leaving it to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Abortion |x Moral and ethical aspects. |0 sh 85000201 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Pro-life movement. |0 sh 85107084 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women's rights. |0 sh 85147765 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Latimer, Kiki. |0 no2011080996 | |
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