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01-06-2020 | Scientific Contribution
Schrödinger’s fetus examined
Author:
Bruce P. Blackshaw
Published in:
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
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Issue 2/2020
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Abstract
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.