Boonin on the future-like-ours argument against abortion.
I argue that David Boonin has failed in his attempt to undermine Donald Marquis's future-like-ours argument against abortion. I show that the ethical principle advanced by Boonin in his critique to that argument is unable, contrary to what he claims, to account for the wrongness of infanticide. Then I argue that Boonin's critique misrepresents Marquis's argument. Although there is a way to restate his critique in order to avoid the misrepresentation, the success of such restatement is precluded by the wrongness of infanticide.
Galvão
Pedro
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Centro de Filosofia, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214 Lisboa, Portugal. galv@sapo.pt
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D026712:Value of Life