SUBSTANTIAL IDENTITY AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE: A REJOINDER TO DEAN STRETTON
In this article, I reply to criticisms of Dean Stretton of the pro-life argument from substantial identity. When the criterion for the right to life proposed by most proponents of the pro-life position is rightly understood – being a person, a distinct substance of a rational nature – this position...
| Published in: | Bioethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2007
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Bioethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-97 |
| Further subjects: | B
natural capacity
B accidental property B Substance B developed capacity B Human embryo |
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| Summary: | In this article, I reply to criticisms of Dean Stretton of the pro-life argument from substantial identity. When the criterion for the right to life proposed by most proponents of the pro-life position is rightly understood – being a person, a distinct substance of a rational nature – this position does not lead to the difficulties Stretton claims it does. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00529.x |