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Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the prolife position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of persons as the view with the most explanatory power. The substance view entails that the unborn is a subject of moral rights from conception. While defending this view, the author…
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7 editions- Ebook · English · 2007Cambridge University Press · 9780511332326
- Hardcover · English · 2007Cambridge University Press · 312 pages · 9780521870849
- Paperback · English · 2007Cambridge University Press · 312 pages · 9780521691352
- Other · English · 2012Cambridge University Press · 9780511804885
- Other · English · 2007Cambridge University Press · 9780511335488
- Other · English · 2007Cambridge University Press · 9780511334306
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