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Whitaker Family Ethical Case Study
There has been a large ethical debate over the conception of children solely for the purpose of saving the life of a sibling. The Whitaker family publicly announced that they were conceiving another child for the sole purpose of saving their preexisting son, Charlie. The Whitaker family selected a specific embryo so that they knew that once the baby was born he would be a definite match for tissue donation. The family has received support from the public, but there has also been many cases of opposition. Kantian ethics can be used both to support and oppose this case. One of the main parts of Kant’s theory is that one should never be used as a means to an end. Even though the end would present good results for Charlie, the sick
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