Schrödinger's fetus examined.
Joona Räsänen has proposed a concept he calls Schrödinger's Fetus as a solution to reconciling what he believes are two widely held but contradictory intuitions. I show that Elizabeth Harman's Actual Future Principle, upon which Schrödinger's Fetus is based, uses a more convincing account of personhood. I also argue that both Räsänen and Harman, by embracing animalism, weaken their arguments by allowing Don Marquis' 'future like ours' argument for the immorality of abortion into the frame.
['Blackshaw|Bruce P|BP|http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9115-582X']
D034462:Dissent and Disputes D026689:Ethical Analysis D005333:Fetus D006801:Humans D009014:Morals D028723:Personhood D010686:Philosophy, Medical
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