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In the Stanford article, it states that those who reject HESC do so because the embryo can experience severe pain and immense suffering.

What is a key ethical question when it comes to Crispr technology?

In terms of analyzing the morality of HESC, one generally asks when does the human being begin to exist and also what is the moral status of an embryo.

What is a human-animal chimera?

According to the cloning article which animal do we want to clone organs for human use since it more closely matches human tissue and organs?

What are the risks/problems of cloning?

According to the Sam Harris’ article, since a 3 day old embryo is a collection of 150 cells and a fly’s brain has over 100,000 cells he makes a case that stem cell research of embryos is immoral. Harris argues that out of human dignity we should allow the embryo to develop and surpass a fly’s brain. Stopping the embryo’s life before its potential development is a tragedy, he contends.

In the Crash Course on assisted death and the value of life, Hank Greene covered the “standard of substituted justice.” This refers to doing what you think is best for you, specifically as it relates to an abortion.

In the article that covers the pros and cons of abortion, several arguments against abortion are presented. One argues that while the fetus feels  no elementary pain in the first trimester it does in the second trimester. 

In the Stanford article it stated those who support HESC do so within the 5 day embryo state (or 16 days after fertilization). They reason they require the stem cells at the 5 day mark, the article indicates, is because at this stage there is not yet a “human being.”