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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

  • Critiques of infanticide defenses often rely on the moral significance of birth.
  • Bobier and Omelianchuk highlight a dilemma: denying birth's moral relevance implies late-term abortions are permissible.
  • This challenges intuitive moral distinctions at the point of birth.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the ethical dilemma concerning the moral relevance of birth.
  • To respond to arguments by Bobier and Omelianchuk regarding infanticide and abortion.
  • To propose a resolution by re-evaluating the concept of birth as a morally significant event.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation and conceptual analysis.
  • Critique of naturalistic justifications in ethics.
  • Examination of the biological and moral implications of birth.

Main Results:

  • The intuitive moral significance attributed to birth is argued to be biologically misinformed.
  • Accepting this biological misconception creates an ethical dilemma for those defending abortion restrictions.
  • The paper advocates for a naturalist approach, questioning the inherent moral weight of birth.

Conclusions:

  • The belief that birth marks a morally relevant event is a mistaken naturalistic assumption.
  • Resolving ethical debates on infanticide and abortion necessitates abandoning this biologically flawed premise.
  • A consistent ethical framework requires acknowledging that birth itself does not confer unique moral status.