The significance of personal identity to abortion

Bioethics 25 (4):230-232 (2010)
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In "The Insignificance of Personal Identity to Bioethics," David Shoemaker argues that, contrary to common opinion, considerations of personal identity have no relevance to certain important debates in bioethics. My aim is to show that Shoemaker is mistaken concerning the relevance of personal identity to the abortion debate -– in particular, to Don Marquis’ well-known anti-abortion argument.

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Personal Identity and Ethics.David Shoemaker - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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Early Abortion and Personal Ontology.Eugene Mills - 2013 - Acta Analytica 28 (1):19-30.

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