Gillett G
Bioethics Centre, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
J Med Ethics. 1994 Mar;20(1):50-2. doi: 10.1136/jme.20.1.50.
The total longitudinal form view of human beings is a metaphysical view which aims to locate our moral judgements about human embryos in a broader set of attitudes and characterisations. On this basis it has explanatory power and a real function in that it grounds our ethical discussion of embryos in other discourses. Contra Leavitt, this grounding suggests a broader criterion of relevance for metaphysical discussion than asking 'what comes out of' such a discussion for a particular ethical dilemma.
人类的整体纵向形态观是一种形而上学的观点,旨在将我们对人类胚胎的道德判断置于更广泛的态度和特征集合中。在此基础上,它具有解释力和实际功能,因为它将我们对胚胎的伦理讨论建立在其他论述之上。与莱维特的观点相反,这种基础表明,形而上学讨论的相关性标准比询问这种讨论针对特定伦理困境“产生了什么”更为宽泛。