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The Identity Objection argues that fetuses lack a future like ours, a key component of the anti-abortion argument. This analysis refutes claims that fetuses possess such a future under psychological identity theory.

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  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Moral Philosophy

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  • Don Marquis's 'future-like-ours' argument posits a future similar to ours grants a right to life.
  • The Identity Objection challenges this by asserting non-sentient fetuses lack this future under psychological identity theory.
  • Eric Vogelstein proposed that non-sentient fetuses do have a future like ours, aiming to resolve the Identity Objection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate Vogelstein's argument that non-sentient fetuses possess a future like ours under psychological identity theory.
  • To demonstrate that Vogelstein's interpretation fails to uphold the core of the Identity Objection.
  • To clarify the distinction between a fetus's potential future and an existing person's future.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of personal identity theories, specifically psychological continuity.
  • Deconstruction of Eric Vogelstein's argument regarding fetal futures.
  • Comparative analysis of the concept 'future like ours' as applied to fetuses and existing persons.

Main Results:

  • Vogelstein's assertion that non-sentient fetuses have a future like ours under psychological identity theory is contested.
  • While a fetus may have a future of value, it is distinct from the future possessed by sentient individuals.
  • The crucial difference in the *sense* of having a future invalidates the claim that fetuses have a 'future like ours' in the relevant moral sense.

Conclusions:

  • The Identity Objection remains a significant challenge to Don Marquis's anti-abortion argument.
  • A non-sentient fetus, under psychological identity theory, does not possess a future like ours in the manner required to grant it a right to life.
  • Vogelstein's attempt to dissolve the Identity Objection is unsuccessful due to a mischaracterization of fetal futures.