Stem Cell Research [Paperback]

A collection of objective essays reviewing the principal arguments for and against stem cell research. Among the issues considered are whether stem cell research treats embryos as commodities, violates the rights of human embryos, or alienates women from their reproductive labor, and whether human embryos are entitled to full membership in the moral community.A collection of objective essays reviewing the principal arguments for and against stem cell research. Among the issues considered are whether stem cell research treats embryos as commodities, violates the rights of human embryos, or alienates women from their reproductive labor, and whether human embryos are entitled to full membership in the moral community.An Analogical Argument for Stem Cell ResearchRichard WernerMarginal Cases and the Moral Status of EmbryosMichael J. AlmeidaFixations on the Moral Status of the EmbryoMichael C. BranniganNazi Experiments and Stem Cell ResearchDennis R. CooleyRecent Ethical Controversies About Stem Cell ResearchJames J. McCartneyComplicity in Embryonic and Fetal Stem Cell Research and Applications: Exploring and Extending Catholic ResponsesJan C. HellerWomen, Commodification, and Embryonic Stem Cell ResearchSusan DoddsIndex ...offers an up to date presentation of some of the issues surrounding the use of human stem cells in research. - Bull. Med. Eth.Stem cell research holds high promise of providing powerful new treatments for a number of debilitating diseases, even while it raises for some-as a form of human experimentation-a number of difficult moral problems. In Stem Cell Research, a well-seasoned panel of philosophers, ethicists, feminists, and historians examine these moral issues and introduce the principal arguments for and against such research. Among difficult issues considered are these: What reason (or reasons) are there for believing that human embryonic stem cells should (or should not) be accorded the protections ordinarily extended to full members of theló„