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Sacred cells? : why Christians should support stem cell research /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peters, Ted, 1941-
Other Authors: Lebacqz, Karen, 1945-, Bennett, Gaymon, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]
Subjects:
Stem cells > Research > Moral and ethical aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • The ethical prehistory of stem cells
  • From science to ethics in a flash
  • Working within the research standards framework
  • Three contending frameworks for stem cell ethics
  • The embryo protection framework
  • The human protection framework
  • The future wholeness framework
  • Ethical smoke and mirrors in Washington
  • The hidden theology behind the international debates
  • The Vatican's strong stand
  • The Vatican and embryology
  • The Vatican argument in a cracked nutshell
  • Leon Kass, protector of human nature
  • Jewish and Muslim bioethics
  • The terror of the chimera
  • Justice and the patenting controversy
  • The spiritual soul and human dignity
  • The ethics of the ethicists
  • Theologians say "yes" to regenerative medicine.