This study examines the moral and ethical aspects of creating saviour siblings. The study portrays creating saviour siblings as a complicated moral issue. It examines the case of creating saviour siblings through using Kant’s moral-philosophical theory and Beauchamp and Childress (B&C) medical ethics principles. In this study, the researchers argue that three of the four clusters of principles of B&C framework are derived from common morality and Kant’s ethics. Besides, the second part of this article is designed as a moral qualitative question in order to see to what extent different participants from three different countries (i.e. Iraq, Iran, and America) would react to the moral situation of creating saviour siblings. The results show how creating saviour siblings violate Kantian categorical imperative that prohibits the use of anyone as a mere means to somebody else’s end. Also, through applying B&C ethical framework, it is found that the creation of saviour siblings violate Beauchamp and Childress’ principles of medical ethics. Furthermore, the results of examining the moral and ethical dilemmas of creating saviour siblings from participants’ responses show that in the 21st century people from Iraq, Iran, and America practice morality and moral rules in their decisions. Also, the researchers found that Iraqi and Iranian people think more within a religious framework in deciding about moral cases than Americans.

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