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- Title
Another Look at Abortion.
- Authors
Machan, Tibor R.
- Abstract
Tibor R. Machan argues that Gregory R. Johnson and David Rasmussen (in "Rand on Abortion: A Critique," Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Spring 2000) are mistaken to claim that Rand should have embraced the pro-life position on the issue of a woman's right to seek an abortion. Rand believed that a fetus is only a potential, not an actual, human being. So killing a fetus is not homicide, any more than killing a seed would be the killing of a flower. Machan's alternative view of abortion is within the spirit of Rand's position, while escaping Johnson and Rasmussen's criticisms.
- Publication
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation), 2001, Vol 2, Issue 2, p449
- ISSN
1526-1018
- Publication type
Academic Journal