Matthew John Minehan
Biographic Data
| ID | 9596875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew John Minehan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew John |
| FAMILY NAME | Minehan |
| SIGNATURE | MINEHAN M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1756-2611 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Stay away from the Park”
Are police officers morally justified in issuing unsolicited personal safety advice to women? Such advice often attracts accusations of ‘victim blaming’, although prevention advice remains a common tool used by police to address many crime and safety risks. While some examples of police advice are clearly outrageous, this article considers whether there is a place for ‘sound’ advice, i.e., advice that is proportionate, easy to follow, empirically…
Moral status of the fetus and the permissibility of abortion
Judith Jarvis Thomson famously argued that abortion is permissible even if we accept that a fetus qualifies as a person and possesses a right to life. The current paper presents two arguments that undermine Thomson’s position. First, the paper sketches a contractarian argument that explores Thomson’s violinist thought experiment from behind a veil of ignorance, which suggests that if we had an equal likelihood of being an unwanted fetus and a pre…
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Moral status of the fetus and the permissibility of abortion
Judith Jarvis Thomson famously argued that abortion is permissible even if we accept that a fetus qualifies as a person and possesses a right to life. The current paper presents two arguments that undermine Thomson’s position. First, the paper sketches a contractarian argument that explores Thomson’s violinist thought experiment from behind a veil of ignorance, which suggests that if we had an equal likelihood of being an unwanted fetus and a pre…
“Stay away from the Park”
Are police officers morally justified in issuing unsolicited personal safety advice to women? Such advice often attracts accusations of ‘victim blaming’, although prevention advice remains a common tool used by police to address many crime and safety risks. While some examples of police advice are clearly outrageous, this article considers whether there is a place for ‘sound’ advice, i.e., advice that is proportionate, easy to follow, empirically…
Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Abortion (1 work) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (1 work) · Eugenics (1 work) · Harm (1 work) · Ignorance (1 work)