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128:, arguing that the state has no more right to legalise and regulate abortion on the ground that this would take it out of the 'back street,' than it does to legalise and regulate contract killing on the same ground. On the subject of euthanasia, he argues that it too is immoral, because, like abortion, it involves the intentional killing of an innocent human being. Voluntary euthanasia is no more justifiable than involuntary, since a person has no absolute right to do whatever they want with their body. Furthermore, he believes the current scientific definition of 144:
and death, being the worst punishment, is the suitable punishment for the worst crime – e.g. murder. Oderberg supports just war theory, and believes that civilians who do not contribute to the war effort should not be targeted. In virtue of this, he regards the use of
325:‘"Whatever is Changing is Being Changed by Something Else": A Reappraisal of Premise One of the First Way', in J. Cottingham and P. Hacker (eds) Mind, Method and Morality: Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010): 140–64. 153:
to have been a seriously immoral act. He also regards contraception as immoral, and exhorts 'pro-lifers' like himself to engage in 'campaigning, protesting, writing, or whatever it is that we do best in defending the pro-life cause.'
337:'Concepts, Dualism, and the Human Intellect', in A. Antonietti, A. Corradini, and E.J. Lowe (eds) Psycho-Physical Dualism Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefied, 2008): 211–33. 373:'The Ethics of Co-operation in Wrongdoing', in A. O'Hear (ed.) Modern Moral Philosophy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004; Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Lecture Series 2002-3): 203–27. (abstract; full text) 403:'Analytická morálna filozofia v20.storocí' (Analytical Moral Philosophy in the 20th Century), in V. Gluchman & M. Dokulil (eds.), Súcasné Etické Teórie (Contemporary Ethical Theories) (Presov, Slovakia, 1998): 9–23. 140:, he nonetheless believes that humans still have duties in respect of them to treat them kindly. On the death penalty, Oderberg supports the state's right to enforce capital punishment, because justice must be 358:'Hylemorphic Dualism', in E.F. Paul, F.D. Miller, and J. Paul (eds) Personal Identity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005): 70–99. (Originally in Social Philosophy and Policy 22 (2005): 70–99.) 364:'The Structure and Content of the Good', in D.S. Oderberg and T. Chappell (eds) Human Values: New Essays on Ethics and Natural Law (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004; rev. ed. p/back 2007): 127–65. 340:'Self-Love, Love of Neighbour, and Impartiality', in N. Athanassoulis and S. Vice (eds), The Moral Life: Essays in Honour of John Cottingham (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008): 58–84. 104:, which was first published in 2000, has become one of the most important of Oderberg's works. Oderberg applies his classical viewpoint to some controversial ethical issues: abortion, 319:'The Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Law', in H. Zaborowski (ed.) Natural Moral Law in Contemporary Society (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2010): 44–75. 355:'Towards a Natural Law Critique of Genetic Engineering', in N. Athanassoulis (ed.) Philosophical Reflections on Medical Ethics (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005): 109–134. 301:'No Potency without Actuality: The Case of Graph Theory', in Tuomas E. Tahko (ed.) Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012): 207–28. 385:'Hylomorphism and Individuation', in J. Haldane (ed.) Mind, Metaphysics, and Value in the Thomistic and Analytical Traditions (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002: 125–42). 412:'Voluntary Euthanasia and Justice', in D.S. Oderberg and J.A. Laing (eds.) Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics (London: Macmillan, 1997): 225–40. 313:'Morality, Religion, and Cosmic Justice', Philosophical Investigations 34 (2011): 189–213. (Invited contribution to special issue on the theme 'Ethics and Religion'.) 361:'Predicate Logic and Bare Particulars', in D.S. Oderberg (ed.) The Old New Logic: Essays on the Philosophy of Fred Sommers (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005): 183–210. 581: 292:'Natural Law and Rights Theory', in G. Gaus and F. D'Agostino (eds) The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy (London: Routledge, 2013): 375–86. 596: 591: 289:'Synthetic Life and the Bruteness of Immanent Causation', in E. Feser (ed.) Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013): 206–35. 586: 349:'Instantaneous Change without Instants', in C. Paterson and M.S. Pugh (eds) Analytical Thomism: Traditions in Dialogue (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006): 101–18. 548: 322:'The Doctrine of Double Effect', in T. O'Connor and C. Sandis (eds) A Companion to the Philosophy of Action (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010): 324–30. 616: 346:'The Cosmological Argument', in C. Meister and P. Copan (eds) The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (London: Routledge, 2007): 341–50. 46:. He describes himself as a non-consequentialist or a traditionalist in his works. Broadly speaking, Oderberg places himself in opposition to 132:
is unsatisfactory both on metaphysical grounds and from an ethical point of view. Oderberg's position on animal rights is similar to that of
124:, who suggests that we deny that it is always wrong to intentionally kill innocent human beings. Oderberg compares legalised abortion to 343:'Teleology: Inorganic and Organic', in A.M. González (ed.), Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008): 259–79. 328:'Persistence', in J. Kim, E. Sosa, and G. Rosenkrantz (eds) A Companion to Metaphysics, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009): 55–65. 471: 252: 198: 180: 606: 270: 234: 216: 352:(with J.A. Laing) 'Artificial Reproduction, the "Welfare Principle", and the Common Good', Medical Law Review 13 (2005): 328–56. 120:
is an innocent life, and intentionally taking an innocent life is always morally wrong. He aims to refute views like those of
391:'The Kalam Cosmological Argument Neither Bloodied nor Bowed: A Response to Graham Oppy', Philosophia Christi 3 (2001): 193–6. 50:
and other utilitarian or consequentialist thinkers. He has published over thirty academic papers and has authored six books:
484: 601: 382:'Traversal of the Infinite, the “Big Bang” and the Kalam Cosmological Argument', Philosophia Christi 4 (2002): 305–34. 307:'Disembodied Communication and Religious Experience: The Online Model', Philosophy and Technology 25 (2012): 381–97. 334:'The Metaphysical Status of the Embryo: Some Arguments Revisited', Journal of Applied Philosophy 25 (2008): 263–76. 545: 397:'On the Cardinality of the Cardinal Virtues', International Journal of Philosophical Studies 7 (1999): 305–22. 370:'Temporal Parts and the Possibility of Change', Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 69 (2004): 686–708. 75: 611: 295:'Survivalism, Corruptionism, and Mereology', European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 4 (2012): 1–26. 43: 621: 286:'The Morality of Reputation and the Judgment of Others', Journal of Practical Ethics 1 (2013): 3–33 141: 453: 388:'How to Win Essence Back from Essentialists', Philosophical Writings (No. 18, Autumn 2001): 27–45. 133: 409:'Modal Properties, Moral Status and Identity', Philosophy and Public Affairs 26 (1997): 259–98. 467: 266: 248: 230: 212: 194: 176: 116:. Oderberg provides a detailed defence of the view that abortion is morally wrong because the 79: 400:'Adolf Grünbaum and the Beginning of the Universe', Philosophia Naturalis 36 (1999): 187–94. 125: 379:'The Tristram Shandy Paradox: A Reply to Graham Oppy', Philosophia Christi 4 (2002): 353–6. 552: 304:'Graph Structuralism and its Discontents: Rejoinder to Shackel', Analysis 72 (2012): 94–8. 136:– rejecting in principle the idea that humans have duties to animals because they are not 113: 87: 485:
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331:'The Non-Identity of the Categorical and the Dispositional', Analysis 69 (2009): 677–84. 146: 518: 367:'The Beginning of Existence', International Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2003): 145–57. 575: 109: 298:'Hume, the Occult, and the Substance of the School', Metaphysica 13 (2012): 155–74. 150: 137: 121: 47: 129: 35: 424:'Reply to Sprigge on Personal and Impersonal Identity', Mind 98 (1989): 129–34. 105: 17: 406:'On an Alleged Fallacy in Aristotle', Philosophical Papers 27 (1998): 107–18. 415:'Coincidence under a Sortal', The Philosophical Review 105 (1996): 145–71. 427:'Johnston on Human Beings', The Journal of Philosophy 86 (1989): 137–41. 376:'Intelligibility and Intensionality', Acta Analytica 17 (2002) 171-8. 39: 566: 265:. London/New York: Macmillan/St Martin's Press. 1993. p. 228. 117: 42:
based in Britain since 1987. He is Professor of Philosophy at the
316:'The World is not an Asymmetric Graph', Analysis 71 (2011): 3–10. 173:
Opting Out: Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society
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Opting Out: Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society
421:'Some Problems of Identity over Time', Cogito 5 (1991): 14–20. 394:'Is There a Right to be Wrong?', Philosophy 75 (2000): 517–37. 175:. London: Institute of Economic Affairs. 2018. p. 158. 74:. Professor Oderberg is an alumnus of the Universities of 418:'A Paradox about Authority', Analysis 51 (1991): 153–160. 310:'Essence and Properties', Erkenntnis 75 (2011): 85–111. 433:'Perceptual Relativism', Philosophia 16 (1986): 1–9. 519:
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Form and Matter: Themes in Contemporary Metaphysics
430:'Kripke and "Quus" ', Theoria 53 (1987): 115–20. 209:Applied Ethics: A Non-Consequentialist Approach' 448: 446: 227:Moral Theory: A Non-Consequentialist Approach 91:, the philosophical quarterly, in late 2012. 8: 78:, where he completed his first degrees, and 34:(born 1963) is an Australian philosopher of 211:. Oxford: Blackwell. 2000. pp. 248pp. 247:. Oxford: Blackwell. 1999. p. 132. 229:. Oxford: Blackwell. 2000. p. 197. 442: 582:Academics of the University of Reading 263:The Metaphysics of Identity over Time 72:The Metaphysics of Identity over Time 7: 597:21st-century Australian philosophers 592:20th-century Australian philosophers 567:David S. Oderberg's personal website 513:Peter Singer, Abortion entry in the 167:. London/New York: Routledge. 2020. 587:Alumni of the University of Oxford 25: 540:'Why Abortion Isn't Important', 165:The Metaphysics of Good and Evil 52:The Metaphysics of Good and Evil 617:University of Melbourne alumni 515:Oxford Companion to Philosophy 1: 517:1995, pp. 2–3. Accessible at 112:, capital punishment and the 82:where he gained his D.Phil. 193:. London: Routledge. 2007. 85:He was appointed editor of 638: 607:Critics of animal rights 27:Australian philosopher 542:The Human Life Review 44:University of Reading 602:British philosophers 551:5 March 2017 at the 466:Oderberg, 2000 p.x ( 32:David Simon Oderberg 544:28.3, Summer 2002. 504:Oderberg 2000 p. 23 454:"David S. Oderberg" 495:Oderberg 2000 p. v 191:Real Essentialism 60:Real Essentialism 16:(Redirected from 629: 555: 538: 532: 527: 521: 511: 505: 502: 496: 493: 487: 481: 475: 464: 458: 457: 450: 276: 258: 240: 222: 204: 186: 168: 126:contract killing 21: 637: 636: 632: 631: 630: 628: 627: 626: 572: 571: 563: 558: 553:Wayback Machine 539: 535: 528: 524: 512: 508: 503: 499: 494: 490: 483:See reviews on 482: 478: 465: 461: 452: 451: 444: 440: 283: 273: 261: 255: 243: 237: 225: 219: 207: 201: 189: 183: 171: 163: 160: 114:just war theory 99: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 635: 633: 625: 624: 619: 614: 609: 604: 599: 594: 589: 584: 574: 573: 570: 569: 562: 561:External links 559: 557: 556: 533: 522: 506: 497: 488: 476: 472:978-0631219057 459: 441: 439: 436: 435: 434: 431: 428: 425: 422: 419: 416: 413: 410: 407: 404: 401: 398: 395: 392: 389: 386: 383: 380: 377: 374: 371: 368: 365: 362: 359: 356: 353: 350: 347: 344: 341: 338: 335: 332: 329: 326: 323: 320: 317: 314: 311: 308: 305: 302: 299: 296: 293: 290: 287: 282: 279: 278: 277: 271: 259: 254:978-0631213895 253: 241: 235: 223: 217: 205: 200:978-0415323642 199: 187: 182:978-0255367615 181: 169: 159: 156: 147:atomic warfare 102:Applied Ethics 98: 96:Applied Ethics 93: 64:Applied Ethics 26: 24: 18:David Oderberg 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 634: 623: 620: 618: 615: 613: 612:Living people 610: 608: 605: 603: 600: 598: 595: 593: 590: 588: 585: 583: 580: 579: 577: 568: 565: 564: 560: 554: 550: 547: 543: 537: 534: 531: 526: 523: 520: 516: 510: 507: 501: 498: 492: 489: 486: 480: 477: 473: 469: 463: 460: 455: 449: 447: 443: 437: 432: 429: 426: 423: 420: 417: 414: 411: 408: 405: 402: 399: 396: 393: 390: 387: 384: 381: 378: 375: 372: 369: 366: 363: 360: 357: 354: 351: 348: 345: 342: 339: 336: 333: 330: 327: 324: 321: 318: 315: 312: 309: 306: 303: 300: 297: 294: 291: 288: 285: 284: 280: 274: 272:0 333 59351 0 268: 264: 260: 256: 250: 246: 242: 238: 236:0 631 21903 X 232: 228: 224: 220: 218:0 631 21905 6 214: 210: 206: 202: 196: 192: 188: 184: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 161: 157: 155: 152: 148: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 110:animal rights 107: 103: 97: 94: 92: 90: 89: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 19: 541: 536: 529: 525: 514: 509: 500: 491: 479: 462: 262: 244: 226: 208: 190: 172: 164: 151:World War II 138:moral agents 122:Peter Singer 101: 100: 95: 86: 84: 71: 68:Moral Theory 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 48:Peter Singer 31: 29: 622:1963 births 142:retributive 130:brain death 36:metaphysics 576:Categories 438:References 106:euthanasia 30:Professor 76:Melbourne 549:Archived 546:Abortion 281:Articles 134:Aquinas 470:  269:  251:  233:  215:  197:  179:  80:Oxford 70:, and 40:ethics 158:Books 118:fetus 88:Ratio 530:Ibid 468:ISBN 267:ISBN 249:ISBN 231:ISBN 213:ISBN 195:ISBN 177:ISBN 38:and 149:in 578:: 445:^ 108:, 66:, 62:, 58:, 54:, 474:) 456:. 275:. 257:. 239:. 221:. 203:. 185:. 20:)

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David Oderberg
metaphysics
ethics
University of Reading
Peter Singer
Melbourne
Oxford
Ratio
euthanasia
animal rights
just war theory
fetus
Peter Singer
contract killing
brain death
Aquinas
moral agents
retributive
atomic warfare
World War II
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