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Abortion: why bioethics can have no answer--a personal perspective.

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  • 1European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK.

Nursing Ethics
|March 6, 1999
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This study explores the abortion debate, questioning if a purely rational method can resolve moral disagreements. It concludes that while agreement is possible, no single, incontrovertible rational method exists to force consensus.

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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Societal Debates

Background:

  • Abortion remains a significant and contentious moral debate.
  • The field of bioethics aims to provide rational methods for resolving complex ethical issues.
  • There is an ongoing search for universally accepted rational frameworks in moral discourse.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether a strictly rational method can definitively resolve the moral debate surrounding abortion.
  • To assess if bioethics can fulfill its promise of providing irrefutable grounds for moral beliefs.
  • To examine the possibility of establishing objective facts that compel universal agreement on abortion.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of moral reasoning.
  • Presentation of two distinct hypothetical scenarios.
Keywords:
Genetics and Reproduction

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  • Examination of the logical underpinnings of rational argumentation in ethics.

    • Main Results:

    • The study demonstrates that no philosophically grounded rational method can compel universal agreement on the abortion debate.
    • Two scenarios illustrate the inherent limitations of purely rational approaches in resolving deeply held moral beliefs.
    • It is shown that objective facts, in themselves, do not necessitate a single, universally accepted conclusion.

    Conclusions:

    • A strictly rational method cannot definitively resolve the abortion debate.
    • While agreement is not impossible, there is no incontrovertible rational means to achieve it.
    • The limitations of rational methods highlight the complex nature of moral disagreements in bioethics.