PHLB09H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Lifesaving, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Egg Cell
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This is because some diseases occur due to problems in cell differentiation: research on human embryos can also help to develop better reproductive technologies. If embryos matter morally, there will be moral restrictions on what we are permitted to do to them in seeking scientific knowledge and medical benefits for humans: the embryo is a member of the human species. This will tell you the features to have in order to be counted as moral. For example, a defect that causes the fallopian tubes to not mature. What is crucial for development into a being with uncontested moral standing: a nucleus, genes for development, and cytoplasm are needed to develop into a being without a moral standing. If the embryo is thought to have moral standing due to the potential to become a mature human, then the embryonic stem cell must also have a moral standing.
