Early Borders: Implications of Fetal Status

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dc.contributor.advisorEdwards, Elise
dc.contributor.authorHubbard, Carly
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity Scholars.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsHonors College.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-09T18:12:30Z
dc.date.available2016-08-09T18:12:30Z
dc.date.copyright2016-05
dc.date.issued2016-08-09
dc.description.abstractThis thesis will examine the implications of different assumptions from opposing ethical viewpoints on topics concerning embryos and fetuses. This essay seeks to clarify the assumptions ethicists and medical professionals make about the status of the fetus in debates about abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and prenatal surgery. Three different ethical viewpoints on fetal status articulated by ethicist Gene Outka will guide the analysis of implications of their ethical view on each of those topics. Adopting a methodology informed by meta-ethical discourse instead of normative ethics that uses each of the three opposing stances about fetal status adopts a neutral stance on these controversial issues. After an initial chapter defining fetal status according to the three viewpoints, subsequent chapters will reveal how each of these stances are found in debates about abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and prenatal surgery.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/9715
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide accessen_US
dc.subjectFetal status.en_US
dc.subjectMeta-ethics.en_US
dc.subjectAbortion.en_US
dc.subjectEmbryonic stem cell research.en_US
dc.subjectPrenatal surgery.en_US
dc.titleEarly Borders: Implications of Fetal Statusen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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