Two Videos of Philosophical Debates on Abortion

Here are two videos of philosophical debates on the morality of abortion.

David Boonin (University of Colorado Boulder) and Peter Kreeft (Boston College):

David Boonin (University of Colorado Boulder) and Patrick Lee (Franciscan University of Steubenville):

Works by the Debaters

David Boonin (CU Boulder Faculty Page, Personal Website)

A Defense of Abortion (Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 2003).

“A Defense of ‘A Defense of Abortion’: On the Responsibility Objection to Thomson’s Argument.” Ethics 107 (January, 1997), pp. 286–313.

Peter Kreeft (BC Faculty Page, Personal Website)

The Unaborted Socrates: A Dramatic Debate on the Issues Surrounding Abortion (Madison, WI: InterVarsity Press, 1983).

Three Approaches to Abortion: A Thoughtful and Compassionate Guide to Today’s Most Controversial Issue (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2002).

Patrick Lee (FUS Faculty Page, Personal Website)

Abortion and Unborn Human Life, 2nd ed. (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2010).