TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The moral significance of being born
JO  - Journal of medical ethics
A1  - Levy, Neil
SP  - 326
EP  - 329
VL  - 39
IS  - 5
N2  - This paper is a response to Giubilini and Minerva's defence of infanticide. I argue that any account of moral worth or moral rights that depends on the intrinsic properties of individuals alone is committed to agreeing with Giubilini and Minerva that birth cannot by itself make a moral difference to the moral worth of the infant. However, I argue that moral worth need not depend on intrinsic properties alone. It might also depend on relational and social properties. I claim that the in principle availability of neonates to participate in scaffolded interactions with carers might plausibly be seen as contributing to their moral worth.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-6800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-100734
ID  - ref1
ER  -