TY - JOUR
T1 - Crossing species boundaries
AU - Robert, Jasonscott
AU - Baylis, Françoise
N1 - Funding Information:
An early version of this paper was presented at the 2001 meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Nashville, TenAn. sigiŽcntlyarevnised version of this papewasrpre-setednat the 2002 meeting of the International Association of Bioethics, Brasilia, Brazil. We are grateful to both audiences for eanngg gouriide. as Additional thanks are owed to Brad Aberneth, y VahuBlack,ngFern Bru, JonsephinegJoehnstron, Jane Maieschein,n Robert Perlman, and Jaent Rossant for helpful comments on interim drafts. Research for this paper was funded in part by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) made independently to JSR ad nFB, a grant from the CIHR Institute of Genetics to JSR, and a grant from the Stem Cell Network (a member of the Networks of Centers of Excellence program) to FB.
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - This paper critically examines the biology of species identity and the morality of crossing species boundaries in the context of emerging research that involves combining human and nonhuman animals at the genetic or cellular level. We begin with the notion of species identity, particularly focusing on the ostensible fixity of species boundaries, and we explore the general biological and philosophical problem of defining species. Against this backdrop, we survey and criticize earlier attempts to forbid crossing species boundaries in the creation of novel beings. We do not attempt to establish the immorality of crossing species boundaries, but we conclude with some thoughts about such crossings, alluding to the notion of moral confusion regarding social and ethical obligations to novel interspecies beings.
AB - This paper critically examines the biology of species identity and the morality of crossing species boundaries in the context of emerging research that involves combining human and nonhuman animals at the genetic or cellular level. We begin with the notion of species identity, particularly focusing on the ostensible fixity of species boundaries, and we explore the general biological and philosophical problem of defining species. Against this backdrop, we survey and criticize earlier attempts to forbid crossing species boundaries in the creation of novel beings. We do not attempt to establish the immorality of crossing species boundaries, but we conclude with some thoughts about such crossings, alluding to the notion of moral confusion regarding social and ethical obligations to novel interspecies beings.
KW - Genomics chimeras species stem cells hybrids embryos taboo abomination
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U2 - 10.1162/15265160360706417
DO - 10.1162/15265160360706417
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012504336
SN - 1526-5161
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - American Journal of Bioethics
JF - American Journal of Bioethics
IS - 3
ER -