Presentation
Embryos, Metaphysics, and Morals: Human Personhood and the New Biotechnologies
Society of Christian Philosophers, Mountain-Pacific Region Annual Meeting
Document Type
Conference Presentation
Event Date
4-4-2014
Location
Helena, MT
Disciplines
Keywords
- Philosophy,
- ethics,
- human moral status,
- embryos,
- metaphysics
Citation Information
Dennis M. Sullivan. "Embryos, Metaphysics, and Morals: Human Personhood and the New Biotechnologies" Society of Christian Philosophers, Mountain-Pacific Region Annual Meeting (2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_sullivan/113/
The presentation provided a metaphysical foundation for grounding human moral status, based on Aristotelian-Thomistic hylomorphism and on modern embryology.