PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Categorical Imperative, Fetus, Sentience
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Lessons from the context : karen labacqz"s main argument is that if we accept, as we seem to, the practice of ivf, we should accept the embryonic stem cell research, without moral remorse. , people who believe that life begins at the moment of conception and that human fetuses and embryos are persons, believe that killing them for research purposes equals killing an innocent human being, which is not morally permissible. , the western moral tradition is dominated by kant"s categorical imperative, according to which we should never treat other people (persons) solely as means to another"s end. And in creating human embryos solely for embryonic stem cell research, we are doing exactly that. Labacqz says that she shares the moral principles that stem from kant"s categorical imperative and she believes that killing innocent human beings is immoral but at the same time, she supports stem cell research (in all its form).