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32 Auctoritas Prudentium [1] (2025)

handle is hein.journals/actspium32 and id is 1 raw text is: ___ __ . TORITAS PRUDENTIUM NATURAL LAW, SANCTITY OF LIFE, AND FUTURE OF VALUE ARGUMENTS LEY NATURAL, SANTIDAD DE LA VIDA Y EL FUTURO DE LOS ARGUMENTOS SOBRE EL VALOR CHRISTOPHER TOLLEFSEN1 Abstract The growth of natural law theories and arguments over the past half century or more has been accompanied by the development of arguments in support of the doctrine of the sanctity of human life. But both the content of that doctrine, and the best form of argument in favor of it, are contested. In this essay, I address the question of both the content and the nature of the argument by way of contrast with a very different approach to the ethics of killing, the future of value argument of the late Don Marquis. Key Words Sanctity of human life; abortion; Don Marquis; future of value; persistent vegetative state; human dignity. Resumen El crecimiento de las teorias y argumentos del derecho natural durante el 6ltimo medio siglo o mis ha estado acomparado por el desarrollo de argumentos en apoyo de la doctrina de la santidad de la vida humana. Sin embargo, tanto el contenido de esa doctrina como la mejor forma de argumentar a su favor son objeto de debate. En este articulo, abordo la cuesti6n del contenido y la naturaleza del argumento en contraste con un enfoque muy diferente sobre la 6tica de la muerte: el argumento del valor futuro del fallecido Don Marquis. Palabras clave Santidad de la vida humana; aborto; Don Marquis; valor futuro; estado vegetativo persistente; dignidad humana. Overview: 1. Introduction 2. The Core Argument 3. The Practical Argument 4. Three Remaining Questions 1 Ph.D., Emory University, 1995. Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina. Email: Tollefsen@sc.edu.

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