title: How to depolarise the ethical debate over human embryonic stem cell research (and other ethical debates too!).
abstract: The contention of this paper is that the current ethical debate over embryonic stem cell research is polarised to an extent that is not warranted by the underlying ethical conflict. It is argued that the ethical debate can be rendered more nuanced, and less polarised, by introducing non-binary notions of moral rightness and wrongness. According to the view proposed, embryonic stem cell research--and possibly other controversial activities too--can be considered 'a little bit right and a little bit wrong'. If this idea were to become widely accepted, the ethical debate would, for conceptual reasons, become less polarised.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Healthcare Ethics, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D057905:Stem Cell Research / Q000941:ethics*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*