Dignity of Persons (2018)

In this lecture I discuss various sources of the dignity of persons; the text for this lecture is: Josef Seifert, “The Right to Life and the Fourfold Root of Human Dignity,” in The Nature and Dignity of the Human Person as the Foundation of the Right to Life, ed. Juan...

PHL 260 The Pro-Choice Argument

The beginning of the pro-choice moral argument. I begin with a number of preliminary points setting the stage and parameters of the discussion. In this lecture I cover some embryological facts and then go through what are called the feminist quality of life arguments....

PHL 260 The Pro-Life Argument

In this lecture I cover the pro life arguments presented in the book Understanding Abortion: From Mixed Feelings to Rational Thought (Lexington Books, 2012) by Stephen D. Schwarz with Kiki Latimer. There ensues a discussion about a range of related topics with...