Watt H
Linacre Centre for Health Care Ethics, London.
J Med Ethics. 1996 Aug;22(4):222-6. doi: 10.1136/jme.22.4.222.
Some form of potential or "capacity" is often seen as evidence of human moral status. Opinions differ as to whether the potential of the embryo should be regarded as such evidence. In this paper, I discuss some common arguments against regarding the embryo's potential as a sign of human status, together with some less common arguments in favour of regarding the embryo's potential in this way.
某种形式的潜能或“能力”常常被视为人类道德地位的证据。对于胚胎的潜能是否应被视为此类证据,人们看法不一。在本文中,我将讨论一些反对将胚胎潜能视为人类地位标志的常见论点,以及一些支持以这种方式看待胚胎潜能的不太常见的论点。