Showing posts with label stem cell research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stem cell research. Show all posts

Monday, 19 May 2008

Sam Harris on Stem Cell Research and Morality

I think Sam Harris here does a very good job of presenting a logical, reasonable treatment of the confusion inherent in the argument that to use an embryo for stem cell research is to destroy a human soul. His examination of the problems with this argument remain viable even if you are a religious person; that is, he goes further than just discounting the argument by rejecting belief in human souls altogether.