COULD A ZYGOTE BE A HUMAN BEING?

This paper re-examines the question of whether quirks of early human foetal development tell against the view (conceptionism) that we are human beings at conception. A zygote is capable of splitting to give rise to identical twins. Since the zygote cannot be identical with either human being it will...

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Main Author: Burgess, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
In: Bioethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 61-70
Further subjects:B foetal value
B Zygote
B fission
B Fusion
B Human Being
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