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  • Moral Philosophy
  • Reproductive Ethics

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  • The impairment argument against abortion posits that the immorality of causing fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in a child implies abortion is immoral.
  • This argument, as presented by Blackshaw and Hendricks, relies on specific intuitions about the wrongness of inflicting FAS.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the impairment argument against abortion.
  • To challenge the foundational premises of the impairment argument by re-examining the immorality of causing FAS.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of the impairment argument.
  • Conceptual critique of the ethical basis for the wrongness of causing FAS.
  • Examination of the relationship between intuitions about FAS and arguments concerning abortion.

Main Results:

  • The impairment argument, in its current form, is logically weak and lacks substantial persuasive power.
  • The core reason why causing FAS is immoral is not accurately identified by the impairment argument.
  • The ethical intuitions regarding FAS do not provide the claimed support for the immorality of abortion.

Conclusions:

  • The impairment argument against abortion fails due to its weak structure and flawed understanding of the immorality of causing FAS.
  • Revisiting the ethical basis of FAS demonstrates that it does not support the conclusion that abortion is immoral.
  • The ethical debate on abortion requires arguments that are not undermined by a correct understanding of fetal alcohol syndrome ethics.