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Katrien Devolder focuses on the tension between the popular view that an embryo should never be deliberately harmed or destroyed, and the view that embryonic stem cell research, because of its enormous promise, must go forward. She provides an in-depth ethical analysis of the major philosophical and...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Issues in biomedical ethics
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| Summary: |
Katrien Devolder focuses on the tension between the popular view that an embryo should never be deliberately harmed or destroyed, and the view that embryonic stem cell research, because of its enormous promise, must go forward. She provides an in-depth ethical analysis of the major philosophical and political attempts to resolve this tension.--Provided by publisher |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index. |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 167 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780199547999 0199547998 |
| Index Number: | QH588 |
| CLC: | Q813-05 |
| Call Number: | Q813-05/D498 |
| Contents: | Introduction : the ethics of embryonic stem cell research -- The discarded-created distinction -- The use-derivation distinction -- Technical solutions -- Compromise and consistency. |