The Morality of Embryo Use - Brossura

Guenin, Louis M.

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ISBN 10: 0521694272 ISBN 13: 9780521694278

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Is it permissible to use a human embryo in stem cell research, or in general as a means for benefit of others? Acknowledging each embryo as an object of moral concern, Louis M.Guenin argues that it is morally permissible to decline intrauterine transfer of an embryo formed outside the body, and that from this permission and the duty of beneficence, there follows a consensus justification for using donated embryos in service of humanitarian ends. He then proceeds to show how this justification commands assent even within moral and religious views commonly thought to oppose embryo use. Beneath his moral reasoning lies a carefully constructed metaphysical foundation incorporating accounts of the ontology of development, embryos, and species. He also incisively discusses nonreprocloning, reprocloning, ectogenesis, and related scientific frontiers. This compelling philosophical study will interest all concerned to understand virtue and obligation in the relief of suffering.

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Recensione

'Louis Guenin's book, The Morality of Embryo Use, provides a carefully argued and scholarly exposition of the issues. As an ethics adviser on medical research, and also as a member of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Guenin is well-qualified to do this, and he brings to the task the resources of biology, genetics, logic and metaphysics.' Philosophy

Descrizione del libro

Taking up the moral concerns that bear upon our treatment of embryos, Louis M. Guenin presents a consensus justification for the use of donated embryos in service of humanitarian ends. His discussion includes incisive analyses of reprocloning and nonreprocloning, putative alternatives to embryo use, ectogenesis, and related other practices.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521694272
• ISBN 13: 9780521694278
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 284