MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 14 April - Fiona Wollard - University of Southampton - Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions
| Dates: | 14 April 2016 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Speaker: | Fiona Wollard |
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Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions.
Abstract: Most contemporary discussion of maternal behaviour treats mothers who fail to act in the best interests of
their children as if they violated the strongest deontological constraint: the constraint against doing harm to others.
I argue that the distinction between doing and allowing does not apply easily in pregnancy.
Classification of a pregnant woman's behaviour as doing or merely allowing harm may require
an independent account of what pregnant women can reasonably be expected to do for their future child.
Speaker
Fiona Wollard
Role: Speaker
Organisation: University of Southampton
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