Why a right to life rules out infanticide: A final reply to Räsänen
Journal article
Blackshaw, B. and Rodger, D. (2019). Why a right to life rules out infanticide: A final reply to Räsänen. Bioethics. 33 (8), pp. 965-967. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12646
Authors | Blackshaw, B. and Rodger, D. |
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Abstract | Joona Räsänen has argued that pro-life arguments against the permissibility of infanticide are not persuasive, and fail to show it to be immoral. We responded to Räsänen’s arguments, concluding that his critique of pro-life arguments was misplaced. Räsänen has recently replied in ‘Why pro-life arguments still are not convincing: a reply to my critics’, providing some additional arguments as to why he does not find pro-life arguments against infanticide convincing. Here, we respond briefly to Räsänen’s critique of the substance view, and also to his most important claim: that possession of a right to life by an infant does not rule out the permissibility of infanticide. We demonstrate that this claim has little support, and conclude that Räsänen has not refuted pro-life arguments against infanticide. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Rodgers, D and Blackshaw, B (2019) Why a right to life rules out infanticide: A final reply to Räsänen, Bioethics. Which will be published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678519. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
Keywords | Philosophy; Health Policy; Health(social science) |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Bioethics |
Journal citation | 33 (8), pp. 965-967 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 0269-9702 |
1467-8519 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12646 |
Web address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bioe.12646 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Aug 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 06 Jun 2019 |
Accepted | 01 Jun 2019 |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
License | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/86659
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