Should we sacrifice embryos to cure people?

Abstract: Medical stem cell research is currently the cause of much moral controversy. Those who would confer the same moral status to embryos as we do to humans consider that harvesting such embryonic cells entails sacrificing embryos. In this paper, the author analyses critically the arguments given for such a perspective. Finally, a theory of moral status is outlined that coherently and plausibly supports the use of embryonic stem cells in therapeutic research.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Should we sacrifice embryos to cure people? ; volume:22 ; number:4 ; year:2012 ; pages:623-635 ; extent:13 ; Human affairs ; 22, Heft 4 (2012), 623-635 (gesamt 13)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Lara, Francisco

Further information

• DOI: 10.2478/s13374-012-0050-z
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404281543439.834128436105
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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