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Souls and the Beginning of Life (A Reply to Haldane and Lee)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2003

Robert Pasnau
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Abstract

In a recent book, I attempt to use the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas to defend a moderate view regarding abortion: that an abortion at any time during a pregnancy should be considered a grave loss, but that it should be considered murder only after roughly the middle of the second trimester. John Haldane and Patrick Lee contend that I have misunderstood the implications of Aquinas's view, and that in fact his metaphysics supports the conclusion that a human being comes into existence at the moment of conception. In this paper, I make a brief reply.

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Brief Report
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Philosophy , Volume 78 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 521 - 531
Copyright
© The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2003

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