Animals As A Source Of Organs For Transplants Flashcards
Animals as source of oragans for transplants
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Humans do have the moral right to use animals in any way they see fit so with certain safeguards using animals as a source of organs for transplants would probably be acceptable to aquinas’moral law
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S.e
Same general considerations that we have referred to in connection with the use of animals in factory farming,for scientific procedures and in blood sports also apply to their use as a source of organs for transplants
S.e
- depend on individual thought on status of animals and situation.
- who is to be helped? = all those in need of transplantation for organs.
- some S. Ethicists will insist that as beings with social and cognitive function, other animals qualify as oersons, so donors should be dead or consenting humans.
- at the moment, humans are the only pragmatic source of donor organs do the most loving thing to do might be to pursue other tech as they’re developed.
V.e
Aristotle approves scientific research.
His emphasis on the development of knowledge.
The compassion show. To humans who might survive through organ transplants.
Virtue ethics is
NOT just about the virtues which apply to the situation. Its main emphasis is on the development of a virtuous character which brigs together all the characteristics of being human.
(do u think that virtues are exclusively abt how we treat each other or do they apply to other animal species)