The Axiology of Abortion

Should We Hope Pro-Choicers or Pro-Lifers are Right

Bibliographic Data

ID22109271
AuthorsPerry C Hendricks (0000-0002-9753-6914, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume7
Issue0
Publication date2021-10-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueErgo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2330-4014 • E-ISSN: 2330-4014
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Library (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3998/ergo.1126
OpenAlexW3208834419
LanguageEN
References cited8

The ethics of abortion considers whether abortion is immoral. Pro-choice philosophers think that it is not immoral, while pro-life philosophers think that it is. The axiology of abortion considers whether world would be better if the pro-choice or pro-life position is right. While much attention has been given to the ethics of abortion, there has been no attention given to the axiology of abortion. In this article, I seek to change that. I consider various arguments for thinking our world would be better if the pro-choice position or the pro-life position is correct, ultimately concluding that it would be better if the pro-choice position is right. This is unfortunate, however, since there is no good reason to think the pro-choice position is correct

Abortion · Axiology · Economic Justice · Economics · Epistemology · Human rights · Original position · Political science · Right to life · Value of life · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil

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