Persons, Moral Worth, and Embryos A Critical Analysis of Pro-Choice Arguments /
“Bioethicists have achieved consensus on two ideas pertaining to beginning of life issues: (1) persons are those beings capable of higher-order cognition, or self-consciousness, and (2) it is impermissible to kill only persons. As a consequence, a consensus is reached regarding the permissibility of...
| Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Other Authors: | Napier, Stephen (Editor) |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2011.
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| Series: | Philosophy and Medicine,
111 |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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