title: Substantial identity and the right to life: a rejoinder to Dean Stretton.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio 43952, USA. plee@franciscan.edu
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D028723:Personhood; D026712:Value of Life