著者

小原 琢

出版者

天使大学

雑誌

天使大学紀要 (ISSN:13464388)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, pp.69-81, 2004-03-31

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce Feinberg's theory of person and life with reference to the 4th paper "Abortion" in Foundation of Bioethics, Tokai University Press, 1988. According to Feinberg, there are two concepts of person: one is a commonsense person and the other is a moral person. For instance, many people claim that embryos are not a commonsense person, but from the start a moral person. For this reason they negate abortion. However, Feinberg claims that embryos are neither a commonsense person, nor a moral person. For this reason he permits abortion.