Civil dialogue on abortion / Bertha Alvarez Manninen and Jack Mulder, Jr.

Author/creator Manninen, Bertha Alvarez, 1977- author.
Other author Mulder, Jack, author.
Format Electronic
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (ix, 219 pages)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; References; 1. Why I am pro-choice; I. What does it mean (for me) to be pro-choice (and what does it not mean)?; II. Are human fetuses persons?; III. The argument from bodily autonomy; IV. Concluding thoughts: Beyond abortion as a conversation of rights; Notes; References; 2. Why I am pro-life; 1 Introduction; 2 How not to be pro-life; 3 The personhood argument; 4 Violinists, autonomy, and abortion; 5 What does all this mean?; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References.
Contents 3. A response to Mulder; I. Animalism and person essentialism; II. Thomson's argument; III. Concluding thoughts: Three peripheral, but important, issues; Notes; References; 4. A response to Manninen; 1 On "used" and "unused" embryos; 2 On personhood; 3 Precarious cases and questionable comparisons; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. Convergences and divergences; I Issues of social and economic justice; II Sexual ethics; III Contraception; IV Conclusion; Notes; References; Conclusion; Note; References; Index.
Abstract Civil Dialogue on Abortion provides a cutting-edge discussion between two philosophy scholars on each side of the abortion debate. Bertha Alvarez Manninen argues for her pro-choice view, but also urges respect for the life of the fetus, while Jack Mulder argues for his pro-life view, but recognizes that for the pro-life movement to be consistent, it must urge society to care more for the vulnerable. Coming together to discuss their views, but also to seek common ground, the two authors show how their differing positions nevertheless rest upon some common convictions. The book helps to provide a way forward for a divide that has only seemed to widen the aisle of public discourse in recent years.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Manninen, Bertha Alvarez, 1977- Civil dialogue on abortion. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 9781138205864
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