TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Why a right to life rules out infanticide: a final reply to Räsänen
JO  - Bioethics
A1  - Blackshaw, Bruce P.
A1  - Rodger, Daniel
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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 is unfounded, and conclude that Räsänen has not refuted pro-life arguments against infanticide.<br><br>© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9702
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12646
ID  - ref1
ER  -