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Edmondson, Gabriel Lee 2011-02-16T21:42:32Z 2011-02-16T21:42:32Z 2010 https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/30421 In this thesis I will consider four criteria for human personhood that many authors argue are not met by human embryos. These criteria are as follows: 1) being a human organism, 2) being an individual entity, 3) being an independent entity, and 4) being a conscious entity. In this thesis I endeavour to demonstrate that human embryos do in fact meet these criteria at least as well as many adult humans, and thus that human embryos cannot be denied human personhood on the grounds of these criteria. en Wake Forest University abortion embryo moral person personhood status ONLY HUMAN: PERSONHOOD AND THE NEWLY CONCEIVED Thesis Moskop, John C Coughlin, Christine N Kennedy, Ralph Bioethics open.access