Perry Hendricks' impairment argument for the immorality of abortion is based on two
premises: first, impairing a fetus with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is immoral, and second, if …

In an article of this journal, Perry Hendricks makes a novel argument for the immorality of
abortion. According to his impairment argument, abortion is immoral because:(a) it is wrong …

In this chapter, I present the Impairment Argument, which purports to show that abortion is
immoral even if the fetus is not a person. What drives the argument is the fact that nonlethally …

In response to criticism of the impairment argument for the immorality of abortion, Bruce
Blackshaw and Perry Hendricks appeal to Don Marquis's future-like-ours (FLO) account of …

Perry Hendricks' original 'impairment argument'against abortion relied on 'the impairment
principle'(TIP):'if it is immoral to impair an organism O to the nth degree, then, ceteris …

I argue here that the impairment principle requires clarification. It needs to explain what
makes one impairment greater than another, otherwise we will be unable to make the …

Abstract Hendricks' The Impairment Argument (TIA) claims that it is immoral to impair a fetus
by causing it to have fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Since aborting a fetus impairs it to a …

This paper offers an account of why prenatal harms seem particularly objectionable. It
identifies structural similarities between key cases of prenatal harm and the recently …

Could it be that if a fetus is not a person abortion is still immoral? One affirmative answer
comes in the form of 'The Impairment Argument', which utilizes 'The Impairment Principle'to …

In his recent article “Even if the fetus is not a person, abortion is immoral: The Impairment
Argument,” Perry Hendricks sets out to sidestep thorny metaphysical questions regarding …