THE SCOURGE: MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF NATURAL EMBRYO LOSS (Plaga. Moralne konsekwencje naturalnej utraty embrionu)

• Authors: Ord Toby
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

It is often claimed that from the moment of conception embryos have the same moral status as adult humans. This claim plays a central role in many arguments against abortion, in vitro fertilization, and stem cell research. In the paper I show that this claim leads directly to an unexpected and unwelcome conclusion: that natural embryo loss is one of the greatest problems of our time and that we must do almost everything in our power to prevent it. I examine the responses available to those who hold that embryos have full moral status and conclude that they cannot avoid the force of this argument without giving up this key claim. The original version was published in 'The American Journal of Bioethics' 8(7), 2008, 12-19. We would like to thank the Editorial Staff, and particularly the Executive Managing Editor, Summer Johnson PhD, for giving their permission to publish a Polish translation.

Keywords

EN

EMBRYO; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF); MORAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STEM CELLS

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Białymstoku. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
• Journal: Archeus. Studia z bioetyki i antropologii filozoficznej
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 10
• Pages: 63-79
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ord Toby

• Oxford, OX1, 1PT, Unitet Kingdom

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA097714