The moral-principle objection to human embryonic stem cell research

Metaphilosophy 38 (2-3):190–206 (2007)
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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.

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10.1111/j.1467-9973.2007.00481.x

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