Abortion in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Authors: Czachorowski Marek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author discusses the problem of abortion. He defines abortion as a deliberate and immediate killing of a human being before birth; he distinguishes it from spontaneous miscarriage or a situation where the child is allowed to die without this being intended, where the death is the result of causes not dependent upon acting persons—abortus indirectus. In order to morally evaluate the act of abortion, the author considers both the ontic status of the conceived human being and the criteria usually used for the evaluation.

Keywords

EN

abortion; human being; person; unborn; child; death; infanticide; homicide; fetus; Christian philosophy; Christian ethics; Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 567-578

Dates

published

2018-12-30

Contributors

author

Czachorowski Marek

• Kujawy and Pomorze University in Bydgoszcz, Poland

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Identifiers

ISSN

2577–0314

ISSN

2300–0066

DOI

10.26385/SG.070429