Stem Cells, Human Embryos and Ethics Interdisciplinary Perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Østnor, Lars. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6989-5
Table of Contents:
  • Biological and Medical Perspectives
  • The Moral Status of Human Embryos with Special Regard to Stem Cell Research and Therapy
  • Stem Cells: Sources and Clinical Applications
  • Alternative Means to Obtain Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Neurogenesis and Potential Use of Stem Cells from Adult Human Brain
  • Can We Use Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Treat Brain and Spinal Cord Injury and Disease?
  • Stem Cells, Embryos and Ethics: Is There a Way Forward?
  • Social and Political Perspectives
  • An Intercultural Perspective on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • Human Embryo Research: The European Perspective
  • Stem Cells, Pluralism and Moral Empathy
  • Philosophical Perspectives
  • The Potentiality Argument and Stem Cell Research
  • Can the Distinction between the Moral and the Descriptive Support a Full Moral Standing of an Embryo?
  • The Beginning of Individual Human Life
  • Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Arguments of the Ethical Debate in Germany
  • The Question of Human Cloning in the Context of the Stem Cell Debate
  • Theological Perspectives
  • Stem Cells from Human Embryos for Research? The Theological Discussion Within Christianity
  • Theological Arguments in the Human Stem Cell Debate: A Critical Evaluation
  • Human Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells - Ethical Aspects.