Murder, Miscarriage, and Women’s Choice: Prudence in the Colorado Personhood Debate
| Autor: | Calvin R. Coker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Value (ethics)
Personhood Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050801 communication & media studies Environmental ethics Prudence Political communication Abortion Language and Linguistics 0508 media and communications 050903 gender studies Law Rhetoric Rhetorical question Sociology 0509 other social sciences Relation (history of concept) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Western Journal of Communication. 81:300-319 |
| ISSN: | 1745-1027 1057-0314 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10570314.2016.1245439 |
| Popis: | This article analyzes texts circulated in the 2014 debate over Colorado’s Amendment 67, the so-called Personhood Amendment, to demonstrate that value claims within the abortion debate are subordinated in favor of discussing the potential legal and philosophical implications of granting fetuses personhood. Using prudence, Robert Hariman’s (1991) framework for understanding political action, as a theoretical lens, I argue the personhood debate offers scholars an opportunity to identify and evaluate competing value claims of and in relation to potential impacts of the amendment. Prudence offers a compelling area for political communication and rhetorical scholars to expand and develop in light of policy failures in the abortion debate, and other key areas. |
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