Research Catalog

Title

Stem cells, human embryos and ethics : interdisciplinary perspectives / Lars Østnor, editor.

Publication

[New York] : Springer, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

Østnor, Lars, 1939-

Description

xvi, 255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm

Subject

• Stem cells > Moral and ethical aspects
• Human embryo > Moral and ethical aspects
• Stem Cells
• Embryonic Structures
• Bioethics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Mahendra Rao -- Introduction / Lars Ostnor -- 1. The Moral Status of Human Embryos with Special Regard to Stem Cell Research and Therapy / Oyvind Baune, Ole Johan Borge, Steinar Funderud, Dagfinn Follesdal, Gunnar Heiene and Lars Ostnor -- Pt. I. Biological and Medical Perspectives -- 2. Stem Cells: Sources and Clinical Applications / Steinar Funderud -- 3. Alternative Means to Obtain Pluripotent Stem Cells / Ole Johan Borge -- 4. Neurogenesis and Potential Use of Stem Cells from Adult Human Brain / Havard Olstorn, Morten C. Moe, Mercy Varghese and Iver A. Langmoen -- 5. Can We Use Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Treat Brain and Spinal Cord Injury and Disease? / Joel C. Glover -- 6. Stem Cells, Embryos and Ethics: Is There a Way Forward? / William B. Hurlbut -- Pt. II. Social and Political Perspectives -- 7. An Intercultural Perspective on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research / LeRoy Walters -- 8. Human Embryo Research: The European Perspective / Egbert Schroten -- 9. Stem Cells, Pluralism and Moral Empathy / Theo A. Boer -- Pt. III. Philosophical Perspectives -- 10. The Potentiality Argument and Stem Cell Research / Dagfinn Follesdal -- 11. Can the Distinction between the Moral and the Descriptive Support a Full Moral Standing of an Embryo? / Oyvind Baune -- 12. The Beginning of Individual Human Life / Anthony Kenny -- 13. Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Arguments of the Ethical Debate in Germany / Ludger Honnefelder -- 14. The Question of Human Cloning in the Context of the Stem Cell Debate / Otfried Hoffe -- Pt. IV. Theological Perspectives -- 15. Stem Cells from Human Embryos for Research? The Theological Discussion Within Christianity / Lars Ostnor -- 16. Theological Arguments in the Human Stem Cell Debate: A Critical Evaluation / Gunnar Heiene -- 17. Human Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells - Ethical Aspects / Monika Bobbert.

ISBN

• 9781402069888
• 140206988X
• 9781402069895 (electronic bk.)
• 1402069898 (electronic bk.)

LCCN

2008922457

OCLC

• ocn244702106
• 244702106
• SCSB-5439207

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries