The embryonic stem cell lottery and the cannibalization of human beings
Author(s)
Savulescu, JulianKeywords
KillingResearch
Risk
Philosophical Ethics
Value / Quality of Life
Cloning
Donation / Procurement of Organs and Tissues
Research on Embryos and Fetuses
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Abstract
One objection to embryonic stem (ES) research is that it 'cannibalizes' human beings, that is, kills some human beings to benefit others. I grant for argument's sake that the embryo is a person. Nonetheless, killing it may be justified. I show this through the Embryonic Stem Cell Lottery. Whether killing a person is justified depends on: (1) whether innocent people at risk of being killed for ES cell research also stand to benefit from the research and (2) whether their overall chances of living are higher in a world in which killing and ES cell research is conducted. I call this kind of killing 'risk reductive.'Date
2011-07-12Identifier
oai:repository.library.georgetown.edu:10822/521941Bioethics 2002 November; 16(6): 508-529
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