Rights and Wrongs of Abortion: A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader

by T.M. Scanlon and Thomas Nagel

Book Overview

During its first two years of publication, Philosophy & Public Affairs contributed to the public debate on abortion a set of remarkable and brilliant articles which examine the basic philosophical issues posed by this controversial subject: whether the fetus is a person, whether it has a right to life, whether a woman has a right to decide what happens in and to her body, whether there is an ethical connection between abortion and infanticide,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691019797
• ISBN13: 9780691019796
• Release Date: July 1974
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 8.0"