Response to Khushf

Article Abstract:

George Khushf (1997) should be commended for his ideas about the dynamics between the ethical and political factors associated with the debate over embryo research. However, he made some flawed assumptions that weakened his arguments. For instance, he mentioned that the idea against the possibility of personhood in embryo research is universally accepted by thinkers who wrote for the Oct 1997 issue of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. Although one of these authors argued that the moral status of preembryos is lower than normative personhood, this should not be misconstrued as opposing personhood per se, as Khushf did in his article.

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Do studies of the nature of cases mislead about the reality of cases? A response to Pattison et al

Article Abstract:

An analysis of three broad types of case study style indicates that it is not really possible to claim that all case studies are a sort of literary text in which fact and fiction are combined. Language is clearly a significant element in case studies, but it is wrong to place too much emphasis on the case as text. There must be a positive discussion process, and the use of the imagination should not be pushed aside by technical criticism.

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Response to Khushf

Article Abstract:

George Khushf (1997) presented his defenses against the arguments of other thinkers who assert that preimplantation embryo could not be considered a person. In this ethical geography of the debate on embryo research, he also offered his critique of other positions regarding the social status of embryos and fetuses. A point-by-point analysis of his paper is made to prove that his arguments are flawed.

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