Published Date: March 11, 2009 | Topics: Philosophy, Reviews and Commentaries
[This article was co-authored by Maureen L. Condic, Patrick Lee, and Robert P. George.] The paper by Magill and Neaves in this issue of the Journal attempts to rebut the “natural potency” position, based on recent advances in direct reprogramming of somatic cells to yield “induced pluripotent stem” (iPS) cells. As stated by the authors, the natural potency position […]
Published Date: September 13, 2014 | Topics: Philosophy, Religion, Reviews and Commentaries
[This article was co-authored by Patrick Lee, Christopher Tollefsen, and Robert P. George.] Abstract In various places we have defended the position that a new human organism, that is, an individual member of the human species, comes to be at fertilization, the union of the spermatozoon and the oocyte. This individual organism, during the ordinary […]