Responsible Treatment of Others ? Part II

Introduction

Numerous statements in the article indicate factors such the ethicality of stem cell research , the right to life and an apparent abuse of the human condition as factors against the continued development of this particular branch of science . Suffice it to say such arguments are based on the belief that the condition of a person 's apparent humanity starts not just at the moment they are born but at the moment they are conceived . Arguments against this have questioned the apparent validity of such statements since if a zygote does not

possess a consciousness and is not aware how could it be considered human in the first place The debate over stem cell research consists of two parties with one party citing the apparent benefits of the research towards the creation of new medical developments that would save and possibly extend human life and the other citing the murder of the unborn all for the sake of science and development . While both parties have claims to the apparent ethicality and morality of what they are arguing it cannot be stated beyond all reasonable doubt that either side is correct . The fact of the matter is the basis of what can be considered life and what can be considered human are straddling on a fence so to speak . In the debate over stem cell research it can be described as an argument between philosophical thought and scientific reasoning each with its own claims yet neither having definitive proof as to...