Ethical Theories of Embryonic Stem Cells

Researching the future possibilities of embryonic stem cells is a new hot topic in ethics. The two conflicting moral discrepancies are inconsistent in political and moral struggle. Each faction attempts to determine the classification of human rights to be a force majeure. Similarly, it is the foundation of stem cell research to determine what is classified as human behavior, such as mood, interest, pain. These embryos are only genetically similar and do not have human characteristics, so this position is allowed to kill them under the name of the medicine.

Discussions on financing for embryonic stem cell research are highly dependent on the ethical state of the study. There are two main arguments surrounding the ethics of embryonic stem cell research: research is ethically important due to the unique possibilities of embryonic stem cells to heal disease which is currently incurable disease. This research is immoral as it requires destruction of life in the form of an embryo or a fetus. After all, research on embryonic stem cells is considered moral as long as the stem cells are acquired in an ethical way, and the state of life that is possibly profitable and controversial is embodied in the embryo .

Human embryonic stem cells go into regenerative medicine. The use of human embryonic stem cells poses different ethical problems. Application of these cells can be applied to tissue engineering, genetic engineering and other medical research purposes. Although the use of adult stem cells is not controversial, the use of human embryonic stem cells poses different ethical issues based on cellular origin. (Hug, the source of human embryonic stem cell research, 2005)

In the field of stem cell research embryos and adult stem cells are often compared. The controversial use of embryonic stem cells is supported on the basis of their many advantages on adult stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are more readily available; they have greater cell proliferation, also known as proliferation, ability; and they are more versatile. Blastocyst stem cells are isolated from the embryo during the blastocyst stage and this process destroys the structure of the embryo to the extent that the embryo can no longer grow. These stem cells are more readily available than adult stem cells because they are obtained when the inner cell mass is concentrated in the embryo and the number of adult stem cells is limited. Another beneficial advantage of embryonic stem cells is their ability to grow and grow indefinitely when cultured under appropriate conditions (Devolder 9)

In the discussion on the study of embryonic stem cells, the origin of embryonic stem cells is a major controversy. Some possible sources of these stem cells include embryos produced by in vitro fertilization (for research or breeding); 5 to 9 week old embryos or fetuses obtained by selective abortion; and cloning or so-called bodies Embryo produced by cell nuclear transfer (Liu 1). Somatic cell nuclear transfer is an experiment to create viable embryos by transplanting donor nuclei from somatic cells into egg cells. Obtaining the ethics of embryonic stem cells from these sources raises doubts and may cause a controversy that I will settle later.