Abstract
dc:description.abstractIn this thesis I will consider four criteria for human personhood that many authors argue are not met by human embryos. These criteria are as follows: 1) being a human organism, 2) being an individual entity, 3) being an independent entity, and 4) being a conscious entity. In this thesis I endeavour to demonstrate that human embryos do in fact meet these criteria at least as well as many adult humans, and thus that human embryos cannot be denied human personhood on the grounds of these criteria.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Wake Forest University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2010
Author and committee
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- Edmondson, Gabriel Lee
Subjects
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- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/30421
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/30421