TY - JOUR T1 - Questioning the significance of the non-identity problem in applied ethics: a reply to Tony Hope JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 899 LP - 900 DO - 10.1136/medethics-2015-102951 VL - 41 IS - 11 AU - Rob Lawlor Y1 - 2015/11/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/11/899.abstract N2 - In this paper I reply to Tony Hope’s response to my non-identity paper, aiming to clarify the nature of my objections, and also to address, briefly, Hope’s suggestion that the implications of my view are that any book written for a lay audience ought to seek to present a ‘balanced overview’. Essentially, I suggest that there may be a pro tanto consideration in favour of such an approach, but this would only be one consideration, to be weighed against competing considerations. ER -