Browning, Heather and Veit, Walter (2023) Regulating Possibly Sentient Human Cerebral Organoids. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Due to their contested ethical and legal status, human cerebral organoids (HCOs) have become the subject of one of the most rapidly expanding debates in the recent bioethics literature. There is no doubt that their potential scientific usefulness is immense. Human cerebral organoids constitute 3D biological cultures grown in a lab to work as a placeholder model for the human brain, and their similarity can allow us to engage in research that would otherwise not be possible. Yet, it is precisely this similarity that raises ethical issues. That is, if these organoids resemble human brains, might they deserve similar protections?

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Browning, Heather drheatherbrowning@gmail.com 0000-0003-1554-7052 Veit, Walter wrwveit@gmail.com 0000-0001-7701-8995
Keywords:	organoids; sentience; ethics; policy-making; precautionary principle; neuroscience; neuroethics; regulation; moral status
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Medicine > Biomedical Ethics General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Neuroscience General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Walter Veit
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2023 14:03
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2023 14:03
Item ID:	21818
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Medicine > Biomedical Ethics General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Neuroscience General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21818

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