On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate

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On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate. / Di Nucci, Ezio.

In: Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 35, No. 10, 10.2009, p. 651-2.

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Di Nucci, E 2009, 'On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate', Journal of Medical Ethics, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 651-2. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2009.031294

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Di Nucci, E. (2009). On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35(10), 651-2. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2009.031294

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Di Nucci E. On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2009 Oct;35(10):651-2. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2009.031294

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Di Nucci, Ezio. / On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate. In: Journal of Medical Ethics. 2009 ; Vol. 35, No. 10. pp. 651-2.

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title = "On how to interpret the role of the future within the abortion debate",
abstract = "In a previous paper, I had argued that Strong's counterexamples to Marquis's argument against abortion-according to which terminating fetuses is wrong because it deprives them of a valuable future-fail either because they have no bearing on Marquis's argument or because they make unacceptable claims about what constitutes a valuable future. In this paper I respond to Strong's criticism of my argument according to which I fail to acknowledge that Marquis uses {"}future like ours{"} and {"}valuable future{"} interchangeably. I show that my argument does not rely on not acknowledging that {"}future like ours{"} and {"}valuable future{"} are interchangeable; and that, rather, it is exactly by replacing {"}future like ours{"} with {"}valuable future{"} that I construct my argument against Strong. I conclude with some remarks on how Marquis's concept of {"}future like ours{"} should be interpreted.",
keywords = "Abortion, Induced, Female, Human Rights, Humans, Pregnancy, Value of Life",
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