David Boonin

Beyond Roe (eBook, PDF)

Why Abortion Should be Legal--Even if the Fetus is a Person

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Most arguments for or against abortion focus on one question: is the fetus a person? In this provocative and important book, David Boonin defends the claim that even if the fetus is a person with the same right to life you and I have, abortion should still be legal, and most current restrictions on abortion should be abolished. Beyond Roe points to a key legal precedent: McFall v. Shimp. In 1978, an ailing Robert McFall sued his cousin, David Shimp, asking the court to order Shimp to provide McFall with the bone marrow he needed. The court ruled in Shimp's favor and McFall soon died. Boonin extracts a compelling lesson from the case of McFall v. Shimp--that having a right to life does not give a person the right to use another person's body even if they need to use that person's body to go on living-and he uses this principle to support his claim that abortion should be legal and far less restricted than it currently is, regardless of whether the fetus is a person. By taking the analysis of the right to life that Judith Jarvis Thomson pioneered in a moral context and applying it in a legal context in this novel way, Boonin offers a fresh perspective that is grounded in assumptions that should be accepted by both sides of the abortion debate. Written in a lively, conversational style, and offering a case study of the value of reason in analyzing complex social issues, Beyond Roe will be of interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields, and to anyone interested in the debate over whether government should restrict or prohibit abortion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190904852
• Artikelnr.: 55113103

Autorenporträt

David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder and Director of the Department's Center for Values and Social Policy. His books include A Defense of Abortion (2003), The Problem of Punishment (2008), Should Race Matter? (2011), and The Non-Identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People (OUP 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Why Abortion Should Be Legal
Chapter 1: An Unusual Case
Chapter 2: The Lesson of the Case
Chapter 3: Changing the Case
Chapter 4: Hypothetical Cases
Chapter 5: Contraceptive Failure
Chapter 6: Failure to Use Contraception
Chapter 7: Sex Selection
Chapter 8: Genetic Screening
Chapter 9: Viability
Chapter 10: Infanticide
Chapter 11: Feticide
Part II: Objections and Responses
Chapter 12: Consent
Chapter 13: Responsibility
Chapter 14: Child Support
Chapter 15: Parents
Chapter 16: Children
Chapter 17: Natural Purposes
Chapter 18: Cause of Death
Chapter 19: Intentions
Chapter 20: Other Differences
Chapter 21: Other Objections
Part III: Why Abortion Should Be Less Restricted
Chapter 22: Insurance Restrictions
Chapter 23: The Hyde Amendment
Chapter 24: Mandatory Waiting Periods
Chapter 25: Mandatory Counseling
Chapter 26: Mandatory Ultrasounds
Chapter 27: Parental Consent and Notification
Chapter 28: Other Restrictions
Chapter 29: Summary and Conclusion
Postscript