The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a child with a spinal cord injury has had his moral sense blinded by religious metaphysics.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Prioritizing a blastocyst over an injured child is morally wrong and blinded by religious metaphysics.
- In plain terms
- Valuing a fertilized egg over a suffering child is a moral error caused by religion.
- What can you take from it?
- Prioritize the living child over abstract metaphysical claims.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the moral status of a blastocyst?
- How do we balance potential life and existing life?
Another view
Some believe the blastocyst has equal or greater moral status.
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