title: Studies in the explanation of issues in biomedical ethics: the example of abortion.
abstract: The variety of general issues and particular controversies in biomedical ethics can be understood as reflecting a deeper unity than normally supposed. The principle of plenitude and the paradigm of the "chain of Being" form the tie among the phenomena. They are defined, and their presence is tracked especially through some of the ideas and language in the debate about the ethics of abortion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Camden 08103.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Erde
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D026822:Ethicists; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012067:Religion; D028725:Theology; D026712:Value of Life