Abortion and the moral significance of merely possible persons [electronic resource] : finding middle ground in hard cases / Melinda A. Roberts.

"This book has two main goals. The first is to give an account, called Variablism, of the moral significance of merely possible persons -- persons who, relative to a particular circumstance, or possible future or world, could but in fact never do exist. The second is to use Variablism to illumi...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Roberts, Melinda A., 1954-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg ; New York : Springer Verlag, 2010.
Series:	Philosophy and medicine ; v. 107.
Subjects:	Abortion > Moral and ethical aspects. Abortion, Induced > ethics.