University of Zanjan Philosophical Meditations 2228-5253 8 21 2019 02 17 Review and Criticism of Singer' view on morality of abortion Review and Criticism of Singer' view on morality of abortion 229 254 34357 10.30470/phm.2019.34357 FA Fatemeh Jamshidi cholar at the Research Center of Masoumiyeh Regional Institude of Higher Eduvation 0000-0001-7825-2580 Alireza Alebouyeh - 0000-0002-6443-4583 Fatemeh Tizghadam Journal Article 2017 11 25 Peter Singer is the prominent moral philosophers and many of his works have been published, especially in applied ethics and animal rights. He is highly regarded and reviewed. He struggled sterling defense of animal rights as far as the comparison animals to humans not only on the one hand, kill animals and eat their flesh is not moral but, on the other hand, he treats killing fetuses and even babies as moral. His ethical thinking in this context is based on the concept of person. He believes that a person has moral status, and has certain features. As a result, in his view since fetus and neonate do not have these features are not considered person and do not have the right to life. Given the importance of abortion, influence and wonderful requirement of his view, in this article, we will review and critic his arguments about the permissibility of abortion and infanticide. Peter Singer is the prominent moral philosophers and many of his works have been published, especially in applied ethics and animal rights. He is highly regarded and reviewed. He struggled sterling defense of animal rights as far as the comparison animals to humans not only on the one hand, kill animals and eat their flesh is not moral but, on the other hand, he treats killing fetuses and even babies as moral. His ethical thinking in this context is based on the concept of person. He believes that a person has moral status, and has certain features. As a result, in his view since fetus and neonate do not have these features are not considered person and do not have the right to life. Given the importance of abortion, influence and wonderful requirement of his view, in this article, we will review and critic his arguments about the permissibility of abortion and infanticide. https://phm.znu.ac.ir/article_34357_fc234a34937d7459d1f0518f37e1a7b1.pdf