The Structure of Moral Revolutions: Studies of Changes in the Morality of Abortion, Death, and the Bioethics Revolution

by Robert Baker

A theoretical account of moral revolutions, illustrated by historical cases that include the criminalization and decriminalization of abortion and the patient rebellion against medical paternalism.

We live in an age of moral revolutions in which the once morally outrageous has become morally acceptable, and the formerly acceptable is now regarded as reprehensible. Attitudes toward same-sex love, for example, and the proper role of women,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262043084
• ISBN13: 9780262043083
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"