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Saraph (Hardcover)
Todd S. Bindig
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Saraph (Paperback)
Todd S. Bindig
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Identity, Potential and Design addresses the metaphysics of
personal identity and the question of the moral permissibility of
abortion. This book begins by discussing personal identity, arguing
that a generally-Thomistic hylomorphic approach is most acceptable.
It then moves to a discussion of the moral significance of
potentiality, arguing that certain types of potentiality carry with
them the same rights to protection as possessed by those
individuals who have manifest these traits. It then examines the
concept of health, arguing that appeals to species-norms are not
helpful in determining health, proper function, or moral status,
and thus arguing that we must appeal to divine design to salvage
commonsense ethics. Finally, it addresses the issue of the degree
of sacrifice required to live a moral life, concluding that when
another person will certainly die if I do not make some sacrifice
to sustain his or her life, I am required to sacrifice up to just
short of my own life to save his or her life. Identity, Potential
and Design comes to the ultimate conclusion that abortion is always
morally wrong.
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