Journal article
Killing discarded embryos and the nothing‐is‐lost principle
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A widely held view holds that it is permissible to conduct destructive research on embryos discarded following fertility treatment, but not on embryos especially created for research. One argument in support of this view appeals to the nothing‐is‐lost principle. It holds that because discarded embryos will die soon in any case, and something good is expected to come out of using them for research, it is presumptively permissible to do so. It is then claimed that no equivalent justification ca...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Applied Philosophy Journal website
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 289-303
- Publication date:
- 2013-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-5930
- ISSN:
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0264-3758
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:732381
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uuid:899a21b1-2dc6-4eb5-978b-e852968c8111
- Local pid:
- pubs:732381
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732381
- Deposit date:
- 2017-10-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Society for Applied Philosophy
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- © Society for Applied Philosophy, 2013. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12033
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