Abortion and the basis of equality: a reply to Miller.

J Med Ethics

Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Published: February 2024

AI Article Synopsis

  • Miller argues that traditional liberal and moderate views on abortion fail to support the equality claim for all non-disabled adult humans since they hinge on properties that vary in degree rather than a fixed value.
  • He asserts that true moral equality should rely on an absolute characteristic, like being human, rather than on attributes that can fluctuate.
  • The author of the paper presents three critiques of Miller’s stance, likely questioning his binary view of moral equality.

Article Abstract

Miller has recently argued that the standard liberal and moderate positions on abortion are incapable of grounding the claim that 'all non-disabled adult humans are equal'. The reason, he claims, is such accounts base the intrinsic moral worth of a human being on some property (or set of properties) which comes in degrees. In contrast, he argues that moral equality must reside in some binary property, such as the property of being human. In this paper, I offer three criticisms of Miller's position.

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