Abstract
Which metaphysical theories are involved—whether presupposed or implied—in Marquis’ future-like-ours (FLO) argument against abortion? Vogelstein has recently argued that the supporter of the FLO argument faces a problematic dilemma; in particular, Marquis, the main supporter of the argument, seems to have to either (a) abandon diachronic universalism (DU) or (b) acquiesce and declare that contraception is morally wrong. I argue that the premises of Marquis’ argument can be reasonably combined with a form of unrestricted composition and that the FLO argument is better viewed as including animalism, i.e., the thesis that we are animals.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-204 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Bioethics |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 25 Jan 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2018 |