Embryo Ethics: Justice and Nascent Human Life

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Abstract

If we were to contemplate killing mentally handicapped infants to obtain transplantable organs, no one would characterize the controversy that would erupt as a debate about organ transplantation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPhilosophy and Medicine
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages43-58
Number of pages16
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Publication series

NamePhilosophy and Medicine
Volume110
ISSN (Print)0376-7418
ISSN (Electronic)2215-0080

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Philosophy
  • Nursing (miscellaneous)
  • Health Policy

Keywords

  • Brain Death
  • Embryonic Stage
  • Human Embryo
  • Human Organism
  • Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

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