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THE MORAL‐PRINCIPLE OBJECTION TO HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
Author(s) -
MARQUIS DON
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2007.00481.x
Subject(s) - embryonic stem cell , epistemology , subject (documents) , philosophy , environmental ethics , law and economics , sociology , computer science , biology , genetics , library science , gene
Opponents of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research claim that such research is incompatible with the moral principle that it is always wrong intentionally to end a human life. In this essay, I discuss how that principle might be revised so that it is subject to as few difficulties as possible. I then argue that even the most defensible version of the principle is compatible with the moral permissibility of hESC research.