The Politics of Virtue: Is Abortion Debatable?

by Elizabeth Mensch and Alan Freeman

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Fiercely committed to the separation of church and state, thoroughly pluralistic, largely secular: Where does a society like ours find common terms for conducting a moral debate? In view of the crises surrounding the issue of abortion, it is tempting to answer: nowhere. In this timely and provocative book, Elizabeth Mensch and Alan Freeman urge that we challenge the extremes of both the "pro-life" and "pro-choice" views of the abortion issue and affirm the moral integrity of compromise. Attempting to restore a level of complexity to the discussion and to enrich public debate so that we may move beyond...Read more
  • ISBN10 0822313499
  • ISBN13 9780822313496
  • Publish Date 3 May 1993
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Duke University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 278
  • Language English