ethics

Question 1

supporting and opposing hesc research

Answer 1

reasons to support: freedom of research, therapeutic benefit, research-oriented benefits e.g ivf and embryo research
iooise: destrorying embryos (moral), slippery slope, rethinking benefits, principle of subsidiarity (using alt sources of stem cells and avoiding harm to the embryos)
slippery slope is an argument in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant usuallt nefative effect

Question 2

moral status of embryo

Answer 2

sancitiy of life.
vs potentiality view (gradulalist view) time-relevant moral satus, event relevant. in uk the emergence of the primative streak causes embryo to be worthy of respect (before 14 days_
no moral status view: the problem is not a problem but an obstacle
solution: COMPROMISE
middle-ground approaches
- the discarded created distinction
it is permissible to derive and use stem cells from embyros discarded from ivf but not to use them from embryos created soley for research or therapy.

critiques: inconsistency: surplus embryos are still embyros—> no significant moral difference

• the use-derivation distinction
  it is permissible to use embryonic stem cells in research but impermissible to derive embronic stem cells.
  critiques: inconsistency and hypocrysy- benefiting from others wrongdoing. moral complicity. encouraging durther wrongdoing.

Question 3

ethos, logic and pathos