Why two arguments from probability fail and one argument from Thomson's analogy of the violinist succeeds in justifying embryo destruction in some situations

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 160-164

  Deckers, J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; NIDATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHILOSOPHY; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COERCION; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PROBABILITY; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 33947267946     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.014167     Document Type: Article

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