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V. 67 N. 1 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2018.528
Genericidio e aborto nell'intuizionismo di Ross / Gendercide and abortion in Ross's Intuitionism
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Ricevuto: 23 marzo 2018
Accettato: 23 marzo 2018
Pubblicato: 23 marzo 2018
Accettato: 23 marzo 2018
Pubblicato: 23 marzo 2018
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The ethical relationships between the large scale termination of female fetuses or infants (gendercide) and abortion were investigated in the context of Ross's prima facie duty theory and the widely applied method of Principlism. Both systems were reviewed briefly with focus on their evaluation on abortion and gendercide. In a prima facie duty moral theory that allowed abortion and infanticide under special conditions, the perception of female fetuses or infants as a lower class of members of a community could make gendercide permissible as a measure to protect family and society. In communities with these cultural backgrounds and socio-economic conditions, an application of Principlism to the decision of whether to abort female foetuses or neglect female infants could lead to a similar acceptance of the permissibility of gendercide. The implications of these conclusions were analysed and discussed.
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Genericidio e aborto nell’intuizionismo di Ross / Gendercide and abortion in Ross’s Intuitionism. (2018). Medicina e Morale, 67(1), 55-69. https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2018.528
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