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  • Moral Philosophy
  • Reproductive Ethics

Background:

  • Prabhpal Singh proposed a relational account differentiating moral status between fetuses and newborns.
  • This account justifies abortion permissibility while deeming infanticide impermissible.
  • Singh's argument hinges on the newborn's capacity for a parent-child relation, absent in fetuses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge Singh's relational account of moral status.
  • To argue that the parent-child relation is an extension of prenatal bonding.
  • To question the moral justification for differentiating between abortion and infanticide based on this relation.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation and conceptual analysis.
  • Critique of Singh's relational ethics framework.
  • Exploration of the continuity of the parent-child relationship from gestation to birth.

Main Results:

  • Singh's reasoning for the moral difference between fetuses and newborns is unconvincing.
  • The transition at birth is insufficient to justify a radical shift in moral status.
  • The moral status of orphans presents a further complication for Singh's account.

Conclusions:

  • The parent-child relation is better understood as developing during pregnancy.
  • Birth does not create a morally significant distinction sufficient to permit abortion but not infanticide.
  • Singh fails to demonstrate that newborns possess greater moral worth than fetuses.