Is it acceptable from an ethical point of view to use stem cells from human embryos for scientific research and clinical therapy? And what are the weaknesses and strengths of various opinions and positions when they are critically evaluated? These are the main problems dealt with in this book. The various chapters as a whole give a comprehensive, many-sided and balanced discussion of the subject. The book contains contributions from biological, medical, social, political, philosophical and theological perspectives. The authors have been chosen because of their professional competence, many of them being respected scholars on a top international level. They give an updated contribution from their own discipline in order to enlighten the different aspects of the common theme. The authors cover various positions and evaluations with regard to the question of the use of embryonic stem cells for research and therapy. Gives a survey of the stem cell field nowadays Presents an overview of different alternatives regarding political and legal approaches to the burning questions of regulations of human embryonic stem cell research Informs about differing ethical evaluations and argumentations from philosophical and theological point of view concerning use of embryonic stem cells in research and therapy INDICE: From the contents Preface by Mahendra Rao. Introduction by Lars Østnor.- Biological and Medical Perspectives.- Social and political perspectives.- Philosophical perspectives.- Theological perspectives.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6988-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 268
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés