Blog Posts
Contents
- Articles at Salon:
- Articles at the American Journal of Bioethics:
- Article at Areo:
- Brief overviews:
- On "When Life Begins," a common anti-abortion concern; responses to Steve Jacobs:
- On whether embryos and fetuses are "human," "humans, "human beings," "human organisms," whether each is "a human," a common anti-abortion concern:
- On polarization, the denial of expertise and the dynamics of how people engage these issues:
- Bad anti-abortion arguments:
- Trent Horn on abortion:
- On personhood:
- Bad pro-choice arguments and critiques of their engagement with the issues:
- Some responses to critics:
- Book reviews:
- An addendum to Thinking Critically About Abortion:
- Further resources:
- Videos:
Articles at Salon:
- Why the case against abortion is weak, ethically speaking [update: this article won a Public Philosophy award from the American Philosophical Assocation]
- I’m a philosophy professor. The argument for making abortion illegal is illogical
- When does “life” begin? When it comes to abortion, it depends on what you mean by "life"
- Anti-vaxxers have co-opted the pro-choice slogan “My Body, My Choice." Does that even make sense?
Article at the American Journal of Bioethics:
- Yes, all bioethicists should engage abortion ethics, but who would be interested in what they have to say?
- "Are Embryos 'Babies' and 'Children'?" at the American Journal of Bioethics blog.
- New at the American Journal of Bioethics blog! “Following All The Facts About Abortion—Scientific, Ethical, And Logical—Wherever They Lead,” a response to @CCamosy in @RNS (“Faith, science and the abortion debate”) and @americamag (“it’s the pro-lifers who have science on their side”) #abortion #prochoice #prolife #ethics
Article at Areo:
Brief overviews:
- An abortion and ethics quiz!
- Is Your Opinion on Abortion Wrong? Critical Thinking and Abortion
- Abortion and Ethics 101: An Introductory Overview
- Politicians: take a philosophy course! (from Decaturish)
- The PhilPapers survey on abortion (and other philosophical topics): only 10-15% of professional philosophers believe early abortions are wrong. Why?
- "Abortion Is Difficult" by Michael Huemer
- Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929-2020) on abortion
- Teaching the topic of Abortion
- An "elevator speech" defense of abortion
On "When Life Begins," a common anti-abortion concern; responses to Steve Jacobs:
- When does “life” begin? When it comes to abortion, it depends on what you mean by "life" (at Salon)
- Would around 70% of people * deny * that "human life begins at conception"?
- "When does life begin? Well, when does life end?"
- Does "life" begin at conception? Biological versus "biographical" life
- "When does life begin?" and "Are fetuses human?": Two bad 'scientific' questions to ask about abortion
- Responding to Steve Jacobs at "Secular Pro-Life"
On whether embryos and fetuses are "human," "humans, "human beings," "human organisms," whether each is "a human," a common anti-abortion concern:
- Are fetuses "human beings"? Biological versus psychological definitions
- Abortion and Ethics 101: An Introductory Overview
- Robert George: "Fetuses are human beings; all human beings are equal in dignity & worth; so abortion is wrong." Good or bad argument?
- "Fetuses are human, so abortion is wrong": what do you mean "human"?
- I’m a philosophy professor. The argument for making abortion illegal is illogical (at Salon)
- When does “life” begin? When it comes to abortion, it depends on what you mean by "life" (at Salon)
On polarization, the denial of expertise, and the dynamics of how people engage these issues:
- Are you part of a cult about abortion, or anything else?
- Extremism, Abortion Extremism, and Losing the Ability to Listen
- "Pro-Choice People Are So Dumb!!" On the Vice of Misunderstanding
- On Saying What You Mean: the "Principle of Charity" and the "Principle of Clarity"
- Abortion and "Slaying the Dragons"
- Abortion "Zingers": What About That??
Bad anti-abortion / "pro-life" arguments:
- No, consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy.
- Racism, Slavery, and Abortion
- No, Being Pro-choice is Not Ablest: Abortion and Ableism
- Yes, "a person is a person, no matter how small," but . .
- "If abortion is not wrong, then it's OK to kill sleeping people??!"
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Abortion
- The Animal Rights, "Domination" and "Comatose Newborn Baby" Objections to an Argument for Abortion
- Miscarriage, Caring, and Callousness: Responding with Support, Responding with Philosophy, or Both?
- Star Trek: "Human rights. Why, the very name is racist."
- Moral Arguments and the Bible and Abortion and the Bible
- Is "Don't Like Abortions? Don't Have One!" as bad as it seems?
- Comment on "If Black lives matter, vote for Trump"
- Regret ≠ Wrongdoing or Illegal Behavior
- Abortion and "What We Are," in our "Essence"
- On an Abstract "Metaphysical" Argument Against Abortion
- Embryo-rescue cases and voting
Trent Horn on abortion:
On Personhood:
Bad pro-choice arguments and critiques of their engagement with the issues:
- Yes, all bioethicists should engage abortion ethics, but who would be interested in what they have to say? (American Journal of Bioethics)
- Is "About abortion, all that matters is bodily autonomy!" true or useful? No.
- Is the "bodily autonomy" argument for abortion *that* simple?
- Why bodily-autonomy arguments for abortion are not sufficient, and may be harmful, again
- What if it Really is About "The Babies"? On Anti-Abortion Motivations
- Are Pro-Choicers Irrational (for Only Encouraging Voting)?
- Moral Extremism and Abortion: On Pro-Choice "Extremists"
- What are rights? What's the "right" to abortion?
- Pro-life virtues and vices? Pro-choice virtues and vices? On sex/gender and arguments
- Abortion: Arguments, not Circumstances
- "Force birther"-ism and Virtue Signaling
- Is abortion "healthcare"? What if it often is not?
- Pro-life virtues and vices? Pro-choice virtues and vices? On sex/gender and arguments
- Abortion "Zingers": What About That??
- Definitions of "Murder" and Anything Else
- Abortion and "What We Are," in our "Essence"
Some responses to critics:
- Responses to some critics on Why the case against abortion is weak, ethically speaking (at Salon)
- Evaluating Elliot Crozat's "An Evaluation of 'Why the case against abortion is weak, ethically speaking'"
- A Response to Clinton Wilcox's "Nobis and Dudley Miss the Mark Completely on Defending Abortion"
- A Response to Clinton Wilcox's review of 'Thinking Critically About Abortion' at "Secular Pro-Life"
- A Not Optimally Honest Abortion Debate: A Response to Alexandra DeSanctis’s "An Honest Abortion Debate" in The National Review
Book Reviews:
An addendum to Thinking Critically About Abortion:
Further Resources:
- The Respect People Foundation
- DefendingFeminism.com
- "Engaged Philosophy" interview
- "Defining "Abortion" and Critiquing Common Arguments about Abortion" in College Ethics: A Reader on Moral Issues that Affect You, Second Edition
- Abortion and Animal Rights: Does Either Topic Lead to the Other? (at the What's Wrong? blog)
- "Early and Later Abortions" PowerPoint
- A Law School Syllabus on Abortion
- Public Philosophy on Abortion
- Thank-you notes!
- Thank you notes again!
Videos:
- Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast -- SPECIAL EPISODE: Debating abortion
- Trent Horn on Abortion
- On The Non-Alchemist: Is Abortion Wrong? - With Dr. Nathan Nobis
- Response video to William Lane Craig on Abortion
- "Is Abortion Immoral?" on the Brain in a Vat podcast
- Videos on Ethics and Abortion
- Abortion & Philosophy: A Beginners Guide
- TikTok videos on abortion
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