Identity, Killing, and the Boundaries of Our Existence

DeGrazia focuses on the works of Jeff McMahan's The Ethics of Killing and David Boonin's A Defense of Abortion. McMahan defends and appeals to a theory of personal identity in developing a theory of moral status and the ethics of killing in addressing the full range of marginal cases. He d...

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Published in:Philosophy & public affairs 2003-10, Vol.31 (4), p.413-442
Main Author: DeGrazia, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Abortion, Induced - ethics
Advance Directives
Beginning of Human Life
Bioethics
Brain Death
Consciousness
Death
Desire
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Ethics
Euthanasia
Euthanasia, Passive - ethics
Existence
Female
Fetus
Homicide - ethics
Humans
Identity
Identity theory
Infant
Infanticide - ethics
Killing
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Moral philosophy
Morality
Murder
Ontology
Persistent Vegetative State
Personal Autonomy
Personal identity
Personhood
Philosophy
Political philosophy
Political theory
Pregnancy
Self Concept
Social theory
Theory of values and moral philosophy
Theory of values and moral philosophy. Philosophy of action
Value of Life
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Summary:DeGrazia focuses on the works of Jeff McMahan's The Ethics of Killing and David Boonin's A Defense of Abortion. McMahan defends and appeals to a theory of personal identity in developing a theory of moral status and the ethics of killing in addressing the full range of marginal cases. He demonstrates that people cannot ignore personal identity theory in examining the marginal cases. Boonin, on the otherhand, develops a theory of moral status that concentrates on the possession, content, and limits of moral rights, and establishes a forceful argument about abortion substantially advance the case for a liberal position.
ISSN:0048-3915
1088-4963
DOI:10.1111/j.1088-4963.2003.00413.x