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Die menswaardigheid van die menslike embrio: die debat tot dusver

Author(s) -

J.M. Vorster

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

in die skriflig/in luce verbi

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2305-0853

pISSN - 1018-6441

DOI - 10.4102/ids.v45i2/3.29

Subject(s) - dignity , bioethics , environmental ethics , sociology , stem cell , ethical issues , ethical theory , engineering ethics , political science , philosophy , epistemology , law , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , engineering

The human dignity of the human embryo: the debate thus far

This article examines some recent arguments regarding the ethics of stem cell research as they are discussed in the various essays in the publication of Gruen et al. (2007), “Stem cell research: the ethical issues”. Regarding the use of human embryos in stem cell research, these essays discuss among other things the potential of the human embryo, the moral status (human dignity) of the human embryo, the creation of chimeras, the sale of ocytes and other ethical issues in modern bioethics. Eventually the article draws attention to the main ethical problems at stake to be dealt with by Christian ethics using a deontological ethical theory. Christian ethics should focus on these problems in the on-going ethical debate regarding stem cell research.

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