Abortion and the Moral Significance of Merely Possible Persons Finding Middle Ground in Hard Cases /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Roberts, Melinda A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Σειρά: Philosophy and Medicine, 107
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Ethics.; Medical ethics.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Medical laws and legislation.; Constitutional law.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Constitutional Law.; Medical Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.

This book has two main goals. The first is to give an account, called Variabilism, of the moral significance of merely possible persons—persons who, relative to a particular circumstance, or possible future or world, could but in fact never do exist. The second is to use Variabilism to illuminate ab...