Steven Bissell asks
>>1. Is the fertilized egg an embryo? Is it a moral agent? Do we have moral
>obligations to fertilized eggs?<<
Many moons ago I raised a question on the list about sustainability having
something to do with duties towards future generations. The question
concerned the philosophically curious idea of having a duty towards a
person who does not exist.
This is not easy to digest as it is possible to accept the case that a
potential human being does not have sufficient human qualities to be
deserving of particular rights, whilst at the same time accepting that
unborn future generations do have rights.
I find this dilemma insoluble at the moment as it seems possible to accept
the validity of sustainability and yet accept that potential human beings
may not have rights.
Maybe I have not expressed this very well but perhaps that is part my
confusion.
Kind regards Paul K
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