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John Finnis: The other f-word

By Alliance Alert

John Finnis, Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy in the University of Oxford and the Biolchini Family Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, has this article at Public Discourse: "The Other F-Word." The Public Discourse editors summarize: "In an article adapted from his debate last week with Peter Singer and Maggie Little on the moral status of the 'fetus,' Professor Finnis explains that outside of medical contexts use of the word 'fetus' is offensive, dehumanizing, prejudicial, and manipulative. It obscures our perception of moral reality. Moral status is not a matter of choice or grant or convention, but of recognition, of someone who matters, and matters as an equal, whether we like it or not."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).