TY - JOUR
T1 - How to depolarise the ethical debate over human embryonic stem cell research (and other ethical debates too!)
AU - Espinoza, N.
AU - Peterson, M.B.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The contention of this paper is that the current ethical debate over embryonic stem cell research is polarised to an extent that is not warranted by the underlying ethical conflict. It is argued that the ethical debate can be rendered more nuanced, and less polarised, by introducing non-binary notions of moral rightness and wrongness. According to the view proposed, embryonic stem cell research-and possibly other controversial activities too-can be considered 'a little bit right and a little bit wrong'. If this idea were to become widely accepted, the ethical debate would, for conceptual reasons, become less polarised
AB - The contention of this paper is that the current ethical debate over embryonic stem cell research is polarised to an extent that is not warranted by the underlying ethical conflict. It is argued that the ethical debate can be rendered more nuanced, and less polarised, by introducing non-binary notions of moral rightness and wrongness. According to the view proposed, embryonic stem cell research-and possibly other controversial activities too-can be considered 'a little bit right and a little bit wrong'. If this idea were to become widely accepted, the ethical debate would, for conceptual reasons, become less polarised
U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2011-100099
DO - 10.1136/medethics-2011-100099
M3 - Article
C2 - 22375081
SN - 0306-6800
VL - 38
SP - 496
EP - 500
JO - Journal of Medical Ethics
JF - Journal of Medical Ethics
IS - 8
ER -