Simon Cushing
Biographic Data
| ID | 5149938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Cushing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Cushing |
| SIGNATURE | CUSHING S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philosophy, University of Michigan, Flint, Michigan, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2956-8586 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Why the wrongness of intentionally impairing children in utero does not imply the wrongness of abortion
Perry Hendricks’ ‘impairment argument’, which he has defended in this journal, is intended to demonstrate that the generally conceded wrongness of giving a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) shows that abortion must also be immoral, even if we allow that the fetus is not a rights-bearing moral person. The argument fails because the harm of causing FAS is extrinsic but Hendricks needs it to be intrinsic for it to show anything about abortion. Eith…
Justification, Legitimacy, and Social Embeddedness
Against “Humanism
is a prejudice or attitude of bias toward the interests of one's own species and against those of members of another species." 1 He argues that it is wrong in a way that parallels racism and sexism: All three practices involve discrimination according to a characteristic that is not morally relevant. In an article that has been regularly anthologized with Singer's writings, Bonnie Steinbock objects: "There is . . . an important difference between…
Against “Humanism
is a prejudice or attitude of bias toward the interests of one's own species and against those of members of another species." 1 He argues that it is wrong in a way that parallels racism and sexism: All three practices involve discrimination according to a characteristic that is not morally relevant. In an article that has been regularly anthologized with Singer's writings, Bonnie Steinbock objects: "There is . . . an important difference between…
Justification, Legitimacy, and Social Embeddedness
Against “Humanism
is a prejudice or attitude of bias toward the interests of one's own species and against those of members of another species." 1 He argues that it is wrong in a way that parallels racism and sexism: All three practices involve discrimination according to a characteristic that is not morally relevant. In an article that has been regularly anthologized with Singer's writings, Bonnie Steinbock objects: "There is . . . an important difference between…
Why the wrongness of intentionally impairing children in utero does not imply the wrongness of abortion
Perry Hendricks’ ‘impairment argument’, which he has defended in this journal, is intended to demonstrate that the generally conceded wrongness of giving a fetus fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) shows that abortion must also be immoral, even if we allow that the fetus is not a rights-bearing moral person. The argument fails because the harm of causing FAS is extrinsic but Hendricks needs it to be intrinsic for it to show anything about abortion. Eith…
Computer Science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Abortion (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Endocrinology (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)