TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Infanticide and moral consistency
JO  - Journal of medical ethics
A1  - McMahan, Jeff
SP  - 273
EP  - 280
VL  - 39
IS  - 5
N2  - The aim of this essay is to show that there are no easy options for those who are disturbed by the suggestion that infanticide may on occasion be morally permissible. The belief that infanticide is always wrong is doubtfully compatible with a range of widely shared moral beliefs that underlie various commonly accepted practices. Any set of beliefs about the morality of abortion, infanticide and the killing of animals that is internally consistent and even minimally credible will therefore unavoidably contain some beliefs that are counterintuitive.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-6800
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-100988
ID  - ref1
ER  -