The personhood argument is considered as a good strategy for abortion. Although it has these advantages, criticism that it implies infanticide is also being raised at the same time. This criticism is fatal to an ethical theory.
Here, I examined whether the argument of personhood necessarily implies infanticide or not. For this purpose, first, I distinguished the concept of ‘murder’ from that of ‘killing’, then explained that murder, not killing, has meaningful relevance to ethics. And considering the their responses to criticism that the personhood argument allows infanticide, I examined that its criticisms of implying infanticide could be overcome by their responses. Even if abortion is approved, it is confirmed that there is a way of opposing infanticide by examining the personhood argument.
@article{ART002500672}, author={Jang Dong-ik}, title={Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?}, journal={Journal of Humanities}, issn={1598-8457}, year={2019}, number={74}, pages={207-229}, doi={10.31310/HUM.074.07}
TY - JOUR AU - Jang Dong-ik TI - Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide? JO - Journal of Humanities PY - 2019 VL - null IS - 74 PB - Institute for Humanities SP - 207 EP - 229 SN - 1598-8457 AB - The personhood argument is considered as a good strategy for abortion. Although it has these advantages, criticism that it implies infanticide is also being raised at the same time. This criticism is fatal to an ethical theory.
Here, I examined whether the argument of personhood necessarily implies infanticide or not. For this purpose, first, I distinguished the concept of ‘murder’ from that of ‘killing’, then explained that murder, not killing, has meaningful relevance to ethics. And considering the their responses to criticism that the personhood argument allows infanticide, I examined that its criticisms of implying infanticide could be overcome by their responses. Even if abortion is approved, it is confirmed that there is a way of opposing infanticide by examining the personhood argument. KW - Personhood argument;infanticide;murder;life rights;inherent value DO - 10.31310/HUM.074.07 ER -
Jang Dong-ik. (2019). Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?. Journal of Humanities, 74, 207-229.
Jang Dong-ik. 2019, "Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?", Journal of Humanities, no.74, pp.207-229. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.074.07
Jang Dong-ik "Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?" Journal of Humanities 74 pp.207-229 (2019) : 207.
Jang Dong-ik. Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?. 2019; 74 : 207-229. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.074.07
Jang Dong-ik. "Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?" Journal of Humanities no.74(2019) : 207-229.doi: 10.31310/HUM.074.07
Jang Dong-ik. Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?. Journal of Humanities, 74, 207-229. doi: 10.31310/HUM.074.07
Jang Dong-ik. Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?. Journal of Humanities. 2019; 74 207-229. doi: 10.31310/HUM.074.07
Jang Dong-ik. Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?. 2019; 74 : 207-229. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.074.07
Jang Dong-ik. "Does the personhood argument inevitably imply infanticide?" Journal of Humanities no.74(2019) : 207-229.doi: 10.31310/HUM.074.07