Against Superkitten Ethics

International Philosophical Quarterly 51 (4):429-436 (2011)
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I here criticize the use of science-fiction examples in ethics, chiefly, though not solely, by defenders of abortion. We have no reliable intuitions concerning such examples—certainly nothing strong enough to set against the strong intuition that infanticide is virtually always wrong.

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10.5840/ipq201151446

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