Switch to: References

Add citations

You must login to add citations.
  1. Human Brain Organoids and the Mereological Fallacy.Matthew Owen, Darren Hight & Anthony G. Hudetz - 2025 - Neuroethics 18 (1):1-18.
    Sietske A.L. van Till and Eline M. Bunnik (2024) have recently expressed a concern about science miscommunication regarding human brain organoids. They worry that the mereological fallacy is often being committed when the possibility of brain organoid psychological capacities such as consciousness and intelligence are considered, especially by bioethicists discussing the moral status of human brain organoids. Focusing specifically on one psychological capacity, namely consciousness, this article begins with a brief introduction to van Till and Bunnik’s concern about the mereological (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  • Moral Intuition Regarding the Possibility of Conscious Human Brain Organoids: An Experimental Ethics Study.Koji Ota, Tetsushi Tanibe, Takumi Watanabe, Kazuki Iijima & Mineki Oguchi - 2024 - Science and Engineering Ethics 31 (1):1-19.
    The moral status of human brain organoids (HBOs) has been debated in view of the future possibility that they may acquire phenomenal consciousness. This study empirically investigates the moral sensitivity in people’s intuitive judgments about actions toward conscious HBOs. The results showed that the presence/absence of pain experience in HBOs affected the judgment about the moral permissibility of actions such as creating and destroying the HBOs; however, the presence/absence of visual experience in HBOs also affected the judgment. These findings suggest (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark