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THE MORAL‐PRINCIPLE OBJECTION TO HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH

2007-02-28

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Abstract: 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 permissibil...

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Literature Corpus work: 7fd4528f-38f6-5a83-a0ce-29edb09c248c
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2007.00481.x

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