Regioni e aree metropolitane : atti del 5. convegno nazionale di studi regionali : Genova, 22-23 marzo 1991 / [scritti di] G.Abbamonte ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA990006558250403321
• Autore: Convegno nazionale di studi regionali : <5. ; : 1991
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Napoli : Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 300 p. ; 24 cm
• Locazione: DEC; FSPBC
• Collocazione: DP XX - 226; DP XX - 217; DP XX-226; DP XX-217; I D 79
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

A defense of abortion / / David Boonin [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449662003321
• Autore: Boonin David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-107-13474-9; 1-280-43430-9; 0-511-61017-3; 1-139-14846-X; 0-511-17001-7; 0-511-06111-0; 0-511-05478-5; 0-511-32392-1; 0-511-06957-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy
• Disciplina: 179.7/6
• Soggetti: Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-343) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Framing the Debate; Chapter 2 The Conception Criterion; Chapter 3 Postconception Criteria; Chapter 4 The Good Samaritan Argument; Chapter 5 Non-Rights-Based Arguments; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: David Boonin has written the most thorough and detailed case for the moral permissibility of abortion yet published. Critically examining a wide range of arguments that attempt to prove that every human fetus has a right to life, he shows that each of these arguments fails on its own terms. He then explains how even if the fetus does have a right to life, abortion can still be shown to be morally permissible on the critique of abortion's own terms. Finally he considers several pro-life arguments that do not depend on claims that the fetus has a right to life and concludes that these too are ultimately unsuccessful. This major book will be especially helpful to those teaching applied ethics ; and bioethics in philosophy departments or professional schools of law and medicine. It will interest students of women studies and general readers for whom abortion remains a high-profile issue.