PHI 2396 Study Guide - Fetus, Consequentialism, Thought Experiment
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Creating and sacrificing embryos for stem cells katrien devolder. If one can justify why creating research embryos is morally indefensible, one will be able to justify the dcd position. Six argument against the creation of research embryos which devolder refutes. The dcd defenders claim that by creating research embryos we get involved in a distinct kind of exploitative attitude which is not commensurate with the moral status of embryo. The principle of nonmaleficence is stronger that the principle of: the underlying principle, devolder: two main issue with this position, we forget that infertile people do benefit from fertility treatments (if we banned. Karen lebacquz"s main argument: if we accept, as we seem too, the practice of ivf, we should accept the embryonic stem cell research, without any moral remorse. Labacquz"s position: she agrees with the categorical imperative, but at the same time, she supports stem cell research (in all its forms).
