Existentialism is a philosophical school that emphasizes the concrete over the abstract and deals with what the human subject can readily perceive. Though I never really realized this, much of my metaphysical analysis revolves around existentialism.
Look at the "about me" section (though I know it's not named that), and read it. I suggest, unlike many other existentialists, that there exists no human being beyond a body. This human being is made of and exists only within the human body. A person has no personality beyond his or her brain. A person has no breath beyond that within his or her lungs. A person has no life beyond the beating of his or her heart. If you kill a person, you kill a person. The value of life does not exist beyond what we can make out of any single human being. We're basically machines.
Then, you might ask, is it right to kill? Well, it isn't right or wrong, but it's not very helpful so we don't do it.
So what about a fetus? Is that not a life too? Well, a fetus is a vegetable.
So why can't we simulate it in a laboratory? There's really nothing you can simulate in a laboratory.
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