Sökning: "potentiality argument"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden potentiality argument.

1. 1. Inspirations from Potential: Does Human Embryo in vitro Possess Full Moral Status?

   Magister-uppsats, Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet

   Författare :Oleg Artemenko; [2010]
   Nyckelord :Moral status; embryo in vitro; potentiality argument; personhood; modal properties.;

   Sammanfattning : The paper deals with the problem of the moral status of human embryos in vitro obtained via somatic cell nuclear transfer, in vitro fertilization and similar biotechnologies. The purpose of research is to investigate whether it is possible to ascribe the position of full moral status to the embryo in vitro relying on its intrinsic properties. LÄS MER

3. 2. The Human Cloning Era : On the doorstep to our posthuman future

   Magister-uppsats, Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Författare :Mattias Johansson; [2003]
   Nyckelord :Ethics; uman dignity; human rights; human reproductive cloning; Immanuel Kant; categorical imperative; equality; non-discrimination; eugenics; Etik;

   Sammanfattning : Human reproductive cloning came to the public´s attention when Dolly the sheep was cloned in Scotland in 1997. This news quickly spread around the world causing both excitements at the possibilities of what cloning techniques could offer, as well as apprehension about the ethical, social and legal implications should human reproductive cloning become possible. LÄS MER