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  • 1Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Uppsala 751 26, Sweden karl.ekendahl@filosofi.uu.se.

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Summary

This paper refutes the Epicurean challenge to Don Marquis's argument against abortion. The argument states that abortion is wrong because it deprives a fetus of a future, but the challenge fails to invalidate this claim.

Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Moral Philosophy

Background:

  • Don Marquis's argument posits abortion is morally wrong due to depriving fetuses of a future.
  • Anna Christensen's 'Epicurean challenge' questions this, asserting death cannot harm due to the absence of a subject.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate and refute Anna Christensen's Epicurean challenge to Don Marquis's argument on abortion.
  • To demonstrate the inadequacy of the Epicurean challenge in undermining the 'future like ours' argument.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation and analysis.
  • Deconstruction of Christensen's interpretation of Epicureanism and its application to Marquis's theory.
  • Examination of the concept of harm and deprivation in the context of death and potential futures.
Keywords:
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  • The paper argues that Christensen's Epicurean challenge fails on all interpretations.
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  • Christensen's Epicurean challenge does not successfully undermine the argument that abortion is morally wrong because it deprives a fetus of a future like ours.
  • The 'future like ours' argument remains a significant consideration in the ethics of abortion.