Table 8.

Mentions, rejections and endorsements of reasons concerning downstream effects (Category D)

Reasons Concerning Downstream Effects (Category D)
D.1: Individual medical safety might be infringed	Mention [4, 49, 54, 66] Reject [82, 85] Endorse [8, 19, 35]
D.2: Third party interests might be infringed
D.2.i: Findings and substances may threaten general biosafetya	Mention [14, 26, 27, 54, 85] Reject [2, 72] Endorse [89]
D.2.ii: Funding chimera research may contradict distributive justiceb	Mention [24, 89] Reject [13, 82] Endorse [none]

^a Particularly by spreading new diseases

^b Particularly by affording more financial resources than would be warranted on objective grounds