RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Infanticide and moral consistency JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 273 OP 280 DO 10.1136/medethics-2012-100988 VO 39 IS 5 A1 Jeff McMahan YR 2013 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/273.abstract AB The aim of this essay is to show that there are no easy options for those who are disturbed by the suggestion that infanticide may on occasion be morally permissible. The belief that infanticide is always wrong is doubtfully compatible with a range of widely shared moral beliefs that underlie various commonly accepted practices. Any set of beliefs about the morality of abortion, infanticide and the killing of animals that is internally consistent and even minimally credible will therefore unavoidably contain some beliefs that are counterintuitive.