亚人类,人类的勃发展和堕胎:对Räsänenänen的回复
1Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK c.miller@oxon.org.
Journal of medical ethics
|August 22, 2023
概括
这项研究捍卫了所有人的道德平等,反对堕胎. 它驳斥了声称人类价值可以基于繁荣或人类价值可以基于繁荣的反对意见.
科学领域:
- 伦理哲学 道德哲学
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
背景情况:
- 道德平等原则是许多道德框架的核心.
- 一个反对堕胎的论点是基于所有人类的道德平等提出的.
研究的目的:
- 捍卫人类道德平等的论点需要反对堕胎的论点.
- 为了解决和驳斥Räsänen提出的两个具体异议,关于人类价值的基础和人类的二元性质.
主要方法:
- 哲学论证和概念分析.
- 批评Räsänen提出的人类价值基础的标准.
- 检查"人类以下实体"的概念.
主要成果:
- 根据Räsänen提出的建立人类价值观的标准,基于能够勃发展的能力,被证明是脆弱的原始道德平等论点.
- 拉塞南关于"次人实体"的概念被证明是失败的,并且未能破坏人类道德平等的论点.
结论:
- 基于人类的道德平等,支持堕胎的论点在道德上是不可接受的,对Räsänen的反对意见仍然是强有力的.
- 提出的人类价值标准和人类以下实体的概念化在哲学上是不充分的.
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