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- Title
Kant's Position on the Wide Right to Abortion.
- Authors
Kahn, Samuel
- Abstract
This article explains Kant's position on the comprehensive right to abortion. The author examines to what extent abortion is punishable according to Kant's practical philosophy, even if it represents an unjust violation of the right to life. The focus is on the state's right to punishment, rather than the right to life or the beginning of personhood. The article is divided into four sections, which discuss Kant's theory of rights, his discussion of ambiguous rights, the death penalty, suicide, honor killings, and infanticide. The author argues that Kant's rejection of the right-to-choose-right-to-life bi-conditional raises important questions about the legal status of abortion and leads to the surprising conclusion that there is a right to abortion, regardless of whether abortion falls within the narrow framework of the right to choose and regardless of whether a fetus has a right to life.
- Subjects
KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804; RIGHT to life (International law); CHOICE (Psychology); HONOR killings; REPRODUCTIVE rights; CAPITAL punishment; PERSONALITY (Theory of knowledge)
- Publication
Kant-Studien, 2024, Vol 115, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
0022-8877
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/kant-2024-2011