Is Pregnancy Really a Good Samaritan Act?

One of the most influential philosophical arguments in favor of the permissibility of abortion is Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, presented in “A Defense of Abortion.” Its appeal for prochoice advocates lies in Thomson’s granting that the fetus is a person with equivalent moral status to...

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Main Author: Blackshaw, Bruce P. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
In: Christian bioethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 158-168
RelBib Classification:HC New Testament
NCH Medical ethics
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