Self-preservation: An argument for therapeutic cloning, and a strategy for fostering respect for moral integrity

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 56-66

  Mahowald, Mary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Embryos; Killing letting die; Moral integrity; Organ retrieval; Self preservation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLASTOCYST; CLONING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MORALITY; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BLASTOCYST; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 28244444113     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651604323097880     Document Type: Review

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