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Bioethics
Data on bioethics described by E.C. Brugger et al
May 16th, 2009
"This essay has two purposes. The first is to argue that our moral duties towards human embryos should be assessed in light of the Golden Rule by asking the normative question, ''how would I want to be treated if I were an embryo''' Some reject the proposition ''I was an embryo'' on the basis that embryos should not be recognized as persons," researchers in the United States report. "This essay replies to five common arguments denying the personhood of human embryos: (1) that early human embryos lack ontological individuation; (2) that they are members of the species Homo sapiens but not yet human persons; (3) that the argument for personhood commits the ''heap...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-16)
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