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Infanticide and Geronticide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Stephen G. Post
Stephen G. Post
Affiliation:
Center for Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Abstract

This essay considers recent ethical literatures on the question of the direct killing of newborns and of the severely demented elderly. At various points, the arguments in these literatures are brought together for comparison and contrast. Finally, a constructive argument against infanticide and geronticide is developed.

Type
Research Article
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Ageing & Society , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 317 - 328
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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