Mathew Lu is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas.
If there is any plausible reason to believe that emergency contraceptives cause - even occasionally - the death of embryo, then they are morally equivalent to abortifacients.
Date posted: 2015-11-24
"Science" can tell us when life begins, provided that we already know what to look for. Empirical biology alone cannot tell us what that is. Once we establish a metaphysical account of life, then empirical embryology can tell us whether the relevant conditions are met.
Date posted: 2014-06-24
From the beginning of its existence a human being is always already a person because personhood belongs to it essentially as an instance of that natural kind. The second of a two-part series.
Date posted: 2012-12-13
Pro-choice philosophers err in their criticism of the pro-life position because they do not understand potentiality in terms of a being's essential properties. The first of a two-part series.
Date posted: 2012-12-13