Are embryos deserving of moral consideration in our actions? A standard view suggests that
embryos are considerable only if they have interests. One argument for embryonic interests …

There is a significant debate over the moral status of human embryos. This debate has
important implications for practices like abortion and IVF. Some argue that embryos have the …

Respect for human embryos is often defended on the basis of the potentiality argument:
embryos deserve respect because they already possess potentially the features that in …

Many people have moral qualms about embryo research, feeling that embryos must deserve
some kind of protection, if not so much as is afforded to persons. This paper will show that …

The embryo's moral status is a hotly debated question. Some authors give the embryo the
same status as that of an adult human being, while others consider it as more akin to things …

In order to understand the nature of human embryos I first distinguish between active and
passive potentiality, and then argue that the former is found in human gametes and embryos …

In the debate regarding the moral status of human embryos, the Embryo Rescue Case has
been used to suggest that embryos are not rightholders. This case is premised on the idea …

While his data clearly show the diversity of opinion, it concerns me that Cheshire presents
no evidence to indicate, as he seems to want to imply, that the bias is a consequence of …

The moral status of human embryos and fetuses is one of the most vexed questions in
bioethics and various responses often stand or fall on the answer to the question of the …

Consideration of the potentiality of human embryos to develop characteristics of
personhood, such as intellect and will, has figured prominently in arguments against …