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God and the embryo : religious voices on stem cells and cloning
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- Creator
- Brent Waters and Ronald Cole-Turner, editors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2003]
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- viii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780878409983, 087840998X
- OCLC
- ocm51936988
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction / Ronald Cole-Turner -- 1. Religion Meets Research / Ronald Cole-Turner -- 2. What Is the Appropriate Contribution of Religious Communities in the Public Debate on Embryonic Stem Cell Research? / Brent Waters -- 3. The Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research / Gene Outka -- 4. Does the Human Embryo Have a Moral Status? / Brent Waters -- 5. Is a Human Embryo a Human Being? / James C. Peterson -- 6. Principles and Politics: Beyond the Impasse over the Embryo / Ronald Cole-Turner -- 7. To Be Willing to Kill What for All One Knows Is a Person Is to be Willing to Kill a Person / Robert Song -- 8. A Plea for Beneficence: Reframing the Embryo Debate / Ted Peters and Gaymon Bennett -- 9. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Ethics in the Face of Uncertainty / Kevin T. Fitzgerald -- 10. Freedoms, Duties, and Limits: The Ethics of Research in Human Stem Cells / Laurie Zoloth -- 11. Talking Like Believers: Christians and Jews in the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate / Sondra Wheeler -- App. A. Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells / Pontifical Academy For Life -- App. B. Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the Perspective of Orthodox Christianity / The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America -- App. C. Urgent Action Alert: Urge Senators to Support Complete Ban on Human Cloning / United Methodist Church -- App. D. Resolution: On Human Embryonic and Stem Cell Research / Southern Baptist Convention -- App. E. Support for Federally Funded Research on Embryonic Stem Cells / United Church of Christ -- App. F. Overture 01-50. On Adopting a Resolution Enunciating Ethical Guidelines for Fetal Tissue and Stem Cell Research - From the Presbytery of Baltimore / Presbyterian Church -- App. G. A Theologian's Brief on the Place of the Human Embryo within the Christian Tradition, and the Theological Principles for Evaluating Its Moral Status -- App. H. Cloning Research, Jewish Tradition and Public Policy: A Joint Statement by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the Rabbinical Council of America -- App. I. Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry / The President's Council on Bioethics
Subjects
- Human cloning -- Religious aspects.
- Embryonic stem cells -- Research -- Religious aspects.
- Cloning, Organism.
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- Ethics, Medical.
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- Religion and Medicine.
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- Stem Cells.
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