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Fetuses are not adult humans: a response to Miller on abortion
Abstract
Miller has recently argued that fetuses have the same inherent value as non-disabled adults. However, we do not need to postulate some property possessed equally by all humans, including fetuses, in order to explain the equality of non-disabled adults. It would suffice if there were some property possessed by all non-disabled adults, but not by fetuses.
- Abortion - Induced
- Ethics
- Fetus
- Moral Status
- Personhood
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Contributors BS is sole author. BS conceived the ideas and wrote and approved the manuscript.
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