Devolder K
Centre for Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics, Ghent University, Belgium.
J Med Ethics. 2005 Jun;31(6):366-70. doi: 10.1136/jme.2004.008599.
The compromise position that accepts the use and derivation of stem cells from spare in vitro fertilisation embryos but opposes the creation of embryos for these purposes is a very weak ethical position. This paper argues that whatever the basis is on which defenders of this viewpoint accord intrinsic value to the embryo, once they accept the creation and sacrifice of embryos to benefit infertile people with a child-wish, they do not have a sound moral argument to condemn the creation and sacrifice of embryos to benefit ill and injured people.
接受使用体外受精备用胚胎并从中提取干细胞，但反对为此目的创造胚胎的折衷立场是一种非常薄弱的伦理立场。本文认为，无论这种观点的捍卫者赋予胚胎内在价值的依据是什么，一旦他们接受为了让有生育愿望的不孕者受益而创造和牺牲胚胎，他们就没有合理的道德论据来谴责为了让患病和受伤者受益而创造和牺牲胚胎的行为。
