Is the Human Zyagte a Person?

Philosophy and Culture 28 (8):691-715 (2001)
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Science, medicine, philosophy, theology, and one of the most critical public policy issue that is homozygous of the bit cell of . In order to conduct stem cell research, must be the early embryo to be destroyed; IVF embryos to be implanted, to deal with "special" early embryo; In addition, there are oral contraceptives after the moral value of so, we assess these issues, the zygote is not a bit cell in the end who is a big key. The first part of this paper is generally used to deny an attempt to refute the evidence of the bit cell zygote of the relevant evidence. How is called a "person"? We are generally the most common definition is: an individual with a rational nature. The general used to deny combination of the bit cell of the child to say, first, deny the zygote of the "individual nature" , and second, denied the zygote has a rational nature . This article attempts to explain, the discovery of modern biology and genetics show that these claims are mistaken belief that the false facts , or else is an exaggeration . The second part of this paper will present positive evidence to prove that the bit cell of the zygote. These positive evidence must prove two things: first, the human zygote has a rational nature; second zygote with independent individuality. To prove the first point, we must accept the premise of a nature different from a function, that is, before the nature of rational functions. In other words, everyone has a rational nature, even newborn babies, although the biological function is not rational, but still has a rational nature. Based on this premise, coupled with Maritain theory of knowledge, as well as the development of modern biology and genetics which have experience on the fact that the human zygote, we can conclude that a human zygote of the bit cell, as we no doubt a year-old child was a human cell, is the same reason. On the second point is based on the premise that a positive if the biological sciences of life, is an independent organism - which is perhaps the philosophy of the so-called independent entity. Indeed, modern biology and genetics clearly demonstrates the zygote is an independent organism. So we can conclude that the zygote is an independent entity, like a horse, a fish and an amoeba same. Therefore, since the proof of the human zygote is an independent individual with a rational nature, is a bit cell zygote who also had no doubt

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