Autonomy, Consciousness, and Personhood: A Primer for the Public Dialogue on Abortion

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Stephen Bujno

Autonomy, Consciousness, and Personhood

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ISBN: 9798385261154

A Primer for the Public Dialogue on Abortion

Stephen Bujno

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English

Wipf & Stock Publishers
23 March 2026

Philosophy: logic; Ethics & moral philosophy; Ethical issues: abortion & birth control

Providing insight into the skills of argumentation, this book is exclusively from a philosophical perspective. Navigating the essential elements of the public abortion issue, the reader confronts the logical implications of various stances. The goal is to refine one's own argument with the common intent to preserve human dignity. Only cooperative scrutiny can break down the public stalemate, offering respectful engagement in the political and religious arenas.

Rather than championing a position, the reader is guided away from the binary stances of choice or life, entering into the abortion dialogue as an original critical thinker. Free from ideological or dogmatic positions, the central argument is distilled from the premises that either some living humans are persons, or all living humans are persons, with moral value either assigned or recognized. Technology will continue to ethically impinge on the issues of bodily autonomy and biological life, but the notion of personhood and moral value alone will endure.

Bujno's expertise in philosophical anthropology and medical ethics and bioethics, tethered to an applied background in logic and critical thinking, provides a unique opportunity to address the cultural issues of justice relative to abortion in a scholarly, nonpartisan tone. This book truly fills a niche!

By: Stephen Bujno
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 603g
ISBN: 9798385261154
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 23 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Bujno lectures in medical ethics and philosophy at Villanova University and Alvernia University; he teaches graduate courses at SJC-Maine and has taught syllogistic logic and critical thinking at PSU. Bujno is the author of The Ethics of Care and Wellness (2023) and Moral Being: Freedom, Society, and Beauty (2026). He holds graduate degrees in philosophical anthropology and moral theology. His doctorate is in the philosophy of political and social thought from GCAS College Dublin.