Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander
“#1: Isn’t it possible that embryos are alive, or have personhood, or are moral patients? Most IVF involves getting many embryos, then throwing out the ones that the couple doesn’t need to implant. If destroying embryos were wrong, then IVF would be unethical — and embryo selection, which might encourage more people to do IVF, or to maximize the number of embryos they get from IVF, would be extra unethical.” (08/20/25)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/my-responses-to-three-concerns-from