NOT EVERY CELL IS SACRED: A REPLY TO CHARO

Massimo Reichlin, in an earlier article in this journal, defended a version of the ‘argument from potential’ (AFP), which concludes that the human embryo should be protected from the moment of conception. But R. Alta Charo, in her essay entitled ‘Every Cell is Sacred: Logical Consequences of the Arg...

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Main Author: Disilvestro, Russell (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2006
In: Bioethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 146-157
Further subjects:B SCNT (somatic cell nuclear transfer)
B Cloning
B Potential
B argument from potential
B Human embryo
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