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The Ontological Status of Embryos: A Reply to Jason Morris.

In various places we have defended the position that a new human organism, that is, an individual member of the human species, comes to be at fertilization, the union of the spermatozoon and the oocyte. This individual organism, during the ordinary course of embryological development, remains the sa...

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Published in:Journal of Medicine & Philosophy Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 483 - 505
Main Authors: Lee, Patrick, Tollefsen, Christopher, George, Robert P.
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Oct2014
Subjects:
Embryology
Conception
Spermatozoa
Chimerism
Reproductive technology
Stem cell transplantation ethics
Ethics
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