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This book presents a new argument attacking the view that if the foetus has the moral standing of a person it has a right to life and abortion is impermissible. Most discussion of abortion has assumed that this premise is correct, and so has focused on the question of the personhood of the foetus. Frances Kamm, however, argues that abortion can be moral even if the foetus is indeed a person.

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Kamm is probably the most sophisticated deontologist writing on normative issues today ... Kamm's discussion is a major contribution to the literature. * Shelly Kagan, University of Illinois *

Creation and Abortion A Study in Moral and Legal Philosophy

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      Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
      Published 9 March 1992
      ISBN-13 9780195072846
      978-0195072846
      ISBN-10 0195072847
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      Medical ethics and professional conduct Ethical issues, topics and debates: reproductive health, abortion and birth control Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Book Synopsis
      This book presents a new argument attacking the view that if the foetus has the moral standing of a person it has a right to life and abortion is impermissible. Most discussion of abortion has assumed that this premise is correct, and so has focused on the question of the personhood of the foetus. Frances Kamm, however, argues that abortion can be moral even if the foetus is indeed a person.

      Trade Review
      Kamm is probably the most sophisticated deontologist writing on normative issues today ... Kamm's discussion is a major contribution to the literature. * Shelly Kagan, University of Illinois *

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