https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2018.528

Genericidio e aborto nell'intuizionismo di Ross / Gendercide and abortion in Ross's Intuitionism

Vol. 67 No. 1 (2018)
Submitted: March 23, 2018
Accepted: March 23, 2018
Published: March 23, 2018
aborto, genericidio, Intuizionismo di Ross, Principialismo / abortion, gendercide, Ross’s Intuitionism, Principlism
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George L. Mendz
George.Mendz@nd.edu.au
School of Medicine, Sydney, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Australia.
Le relazioni etiche tra l'eliminazione su vasta scala di feti o neonati di sesso femminile (genericidio) e l'aborto sono state studiate nell'ambito della teoria dei doveri prima facie di Ross e della metodologia ampiamente applicata del Principialismo. Entrambi i sistemi sono stati brevemente esaminati, ponendo particolare attenzione alla valutazione che questi hanno espresso sull'aborto e sul genericidio. Nell'ambito della teoria morale dei doveri prima facie che in condizioni particolari consente l'aborto e l'infanticidio, la percezione di feti o neonati femminili come membri inferiori di una comunità può rendere ammissibile il genericidio come misura per proteggere la famiglia e la società. Nelle stesse comunità, portatrici di background culturali e condizioni socio-economiche specifiche, l'applicazione del Principialismo alla decisione se abortire i feti femmine o abbandonare le neonate potrebbe portare ad un'analoga accettazione della liceità del genericidio. Le implicazioni di queste conclusioni sono state analizzate e discusse.
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The ethical relationships between the large scale termination of female fetuses or infants (gendercide) and abortion were investigated in the context of Ross's prima facie duty theory and the widely applied method of Principlism. Both systems were reviewed briefly with focus on their evaluation on abortion and gendercide. In a prima facie duty moral theory that allowed abortion and infanticide under special conditions, the perception of female fetuses or infants as a lower class of members of a community could make gendercide permissible as a measure to protect family and society. In communities with these cultural backgrounds and socio-economic conditions, an application of Principlism to the decision of whether to abort female foetuses or neglect female infants could lead to a similar acceptance of the permissibility of gendercide. The implications of these conclusions were analysed and discussed.

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Mendz, G. L. (2018). Genericidio e aborto nell’intuizionismo di Ross / Gendercide and abortion in Ross’s Intuitionism. Medicina E Morale, 67(1), 55–69. https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2018.528

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