Protestant documents concerning the status of the human embryo are empirically founded on biological observations and their interpretation. In Germany the beginning of individual human life is the end of the pre-core-state, the British embryo begins at the end of phase of possible splitting into twins. Both argue that the once manifest human embryo carries the full human dignity. As definitions thus no longer can plead innocent, additional factors of the argument have to be revealed.

Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2002/1 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2002)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Schubert, Hartwig von

Schlagwörter: Recht Leben Christliche Ethik Forschung Bioethik Schwangerschaft Präimplantationsdiagnostik Gentechnologie Menschenwürde Biologie Embryonenschutz Therapeutisches Klonen