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Analysis of dominant norms and societal values shows that these values often change in the light of societal circumstances and technological developments. In our society, for example, dominant opinions on the treatment of men and women have changed in the last 60 years. And the possibilities brought forward by developments in modern biology and medicine call for a refinement of our opinions on the obligations to embryos and unborn humans.
Thanks are due to Marcel Verweij, from whose comments this article has profited.
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G. Cornewall Lewis, Remarks on the Use and Abuse of Some Political Terms, quoted in Barry (1965, 190).
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Brom, F.W.A. (1998). Developing Public Morality: Between Practical Agreement and Intersubjective Reflective Equilibrium. In: van der Burg, W., van Willigenburg, T. (eds) Reflective Equilibrium. Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4972-3_15
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