A Defense of Abortion

by David Boonin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521520355
• ISBN13: 9780521520355
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"