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Beckwith is well known for his legal and philosophical work on abortion, offering a comprehensive case for the prolife position in several academic publications including his 2007 book defending life, published by cambridge university press, and his 1993 book, politically correct death, published by baker publishing group. Francis beckwith s book is heralded as the most comprehensive defense of the prolife position, morally, legally and politically, that has ever been published. Although today bioethics is dominated by other issues that are perceived as more pressing, the answer to the philosophical question lurking behind abortionwho and what are we. Against the claim that the prolife position depends purely on religious belief, beckwith tries to show that the prolife. May 19, 2019 i clarify the 3 kinds of disagreements we can have about abortion.
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