Metaphysical and Ethical Perspectives on Creating Animal-Human Chimeras  

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Eberl, Jason T. ; Ballard, Rebecca A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 34 no. 5 (Oct. 2009), page 470.
Topik: Aquinas; Chimera; Hybrid; Personhood; Potentiality

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.22 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This paper addresses several questions related to the nature, production, and use of animal-human (a-h) chimeras. At the heart of the issue is whether certain types of a-h chimeras should be brought into existence, and, if they are, how we should treat such creatures. In our current research environment, we recognize a dichotomy between research involving nonhuman animal subjects and research involving human subjects, and the classification of a research protocol into one of these categories will trigger different ethical standards as to the moral permissibility of the research in question. Are a-h chimeras entitled to the more restrictive and protective ethical standards applied to human research subjects? We elucidate an Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysical framework in which to argue how such chimeras ought to be defined ontologically. We then examine when the creation of, and experimentation upon, certain types of a-h chimeras may be morally permissible.

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