Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990
Physical Details
xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBNs
9780521383592, 0521383595
OCLC
ocm20561475
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : an outline of scientific aspects of embryo research / Karen Dawson -- Why do research on human pre-embryos? / Alan Trounson -- A scientific examination of some speculations about continuing human pre-embryo research / Karen Dawson -- Introduction : the nature of ethical argument / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer -- Fertilization and moral status : a scientific perspective ; Segmentation and moral status : a scientific perspective / Karen Dawson -- Individuals, humans and persons : the issue of moral status / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer -- IVF technology and the argument from potential / Peter Singer and Karen Dawson -- Arguing from potential / Stephen Buckle -- Who is the subject of research? / Beth Gaze and Karen Dawson
Is IVF research a threat to women's autonomy? / Mary Anne Warren -- Introduction : public policy and law : possibilities and limitations / Beth Gaze -- Community control of IVF and embryo experimentation / Max Charlesworth -- IVF regulation : the search for a legal basis / Pascal Kasimba -- Self-regulation and embryo experimentation in Australia : a critique / Pascal Kasimba -- Public policy in a pluralist society / R.M. Hare -- Biological processes and moral events / Stephen Buckle -- Embryo experimentation : the path and problems of legislation in Victoria / Beth Gaze and Pascal Kasimba -- The syngamy debate : when precisely does an embryo begin? / Stephen Buckle, Karen Dawson and Peter Singer