Una clasificación de las teorías éticas sobre el aborto

David Alvargonzález

doi:10.14422/pen.v79.i303.y2023.011

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David Alvargonzález Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/pen.v79.i303.y2023.011

Keywords:

abortion, ethics, classification, theory

Abstract

In this paper, I present a classification of ethical theories about abortion. In this classification, I use two criteria that, although inseparable, can be deemed dissociated from each other. Firstly, I present an array of theories ordered according to the ontological and ethical status they grant to gametes, zygotes, pre-embryos, embryos, fetuses, and neonates, and I discuss the theories based on the idea of potentiality. Then, I refer to theories centered on mother’s freedom. In the concluding remarks, I explicitly recognize the partisanship of the proposed theory of theories.

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