Moral judgment, historical reality, and civil disobedience
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Two existing theories on civil disobedience are refuted. First, theorists' view that individuals have an obligation to act in accordance with the law cannot be morally defended since the moral condition on which such an argument is based is contradicted in paradigmatic cases of civil disobedience. Second, the theory that those who commit civil disobedience view the system they are opposing as reasonably fair and should only be changed slightly, and not radically, cannot be historically defended.
Publication Name: Philosophy & Public Affairs
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0048-3915
Year: 1998
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Creation ethics: the moral status of early fetuses and the ethics of abortion
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Nothing morally significant happens in a case of early abortion, where the fetus is defined as not yet having properties that confer moral status. Deciding to abort a pregnancy is morally significant because continuing a pregnancy to term is an act with moral consequences.
Publication Name: Philosophy & Public Affairs
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0048-3915
Year: 1999
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