Monday, September 24, 2007
embryonic stem cell research (is it morally right)
i have been reading articles on embryonic stem cell research and trying to figure out in my head is it morally right to do this research. do the ends justify the means. this is something that could potentially cure many diseases that plague humans. but on the other hand you have this fertilized egg. it can't think, talk, or carry any human characteristics. does this make it not worthy of protection. if so animals don't carry these characteristics yet they are worthy of protection and the mentally challenged do not carry certain human characteristics. and we don't use them for research. i guess since they cannot speak for themselves then we need to speak for them.
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There's a world of difference, though, between a fully grown animal and an undifferentiated blob of cells (blastocyst). While the former are clearly sentient, purposeful beings, the latter has value only to the extent that it has the "potential" (however artificial?) to become something more like the former.
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