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Alex Hyun

About Alex Hyun

Alex Hyun received his B.A. in philosophy at the University of California-Berkeley, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research primarily focuses on issues in applied ethics and meta-ethics.

Entries by Alex Hyun

Pro-Choicers’ Persistent Infant Problem, Part 2: A Reply to DeGrazia

October 12, 2022 /0 Comments/in Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Alex Hyun

[Previous article: Pro-Choicers’ Persistent Infant Problem: A Reply to Boonin] Pro-choice philosopher David DeGrazia has defended a view on which pre-conscious human fetuses lack moral rights, and part of his defense includes an argument for thinking that his position “does not support radical openness to infanticide” (77).[1] But his view does not adequately address pro-choicers’ […]

Pro-Choicers’ Persistent Infant Problem: A Reply to Boonin

September 12, 2022 /0 Comments/in Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Alex Hyun

[Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.] Today’s guest blog post is by Dr. Alex Hyun. Dr. Hyun received his B.A. in philosophy at the University of California-Berkeley, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hyun is published in the Journal of Philosophy and Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. […]

The Burning Fertility Clinic Argument Is Not Convincing

March 16, 2022 /1 Comment/in Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Alex Hyun

[Today’s guest article is by Alexander Hyun.] If you must choose between saving one newborn and saving five human embryos that are only a few days old, it’s intuitive that you morally ought to save the newborn. This observation forms the basis of the Burning Fertility Clinic Argument, a well-known type of argument against the […]

Why artificial wombs pose a challenge to pro-choice personhood arguments

October 22, 2021 /0 Comments/in Personhood, Philosophy, Uncategorized /by Alex Hyun

[Photo credit Patricia Prudente from Unsplash] Personhood and Artificial Womb Technology In 2017, artificial womb technology was successfully used to support lamb fetuses that had been transferred from their mothers, and there’s hope that this technology will soon be used on very premature human infants. This makes it important to think about the moral status […]

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