PHI 2396 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Commodification, Frontal Lobe, Embryonic Stem Cell
8 Oct 2016
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Article #1: the moral status of stem cells by sagan and singer. But lee and george"s rational nature claim proves that in order for killing to be wrong, it must violate the individual"s immediately exercisable ability to reason. Position one: embryos are potential human beings so they have moral status. There is a logical difference between the moral status attributed to an embryo versus the moral status attributed to a stem cell. Position two: embryos are human beings in their earliest form of development and so they have moral status. Embryos, in their earliest stage of development, cannot reason, have never been able to reason, and may or may not develop the ability to reason in the future. Therefore, it is more accurate to say that human embryos are distinct individuals with the potential to become a rational being .
