God and the embryo : religious voices on stem cells and cloning / Brent Waters and Ronald Cole-Turner, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waters, Brent.

Cole-Turner, Ronald, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human cloning--Religious aspects.

Human cloning.

Stem cells--Research--Religious aspects.

Stem cells.

Physical Description:

viii, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Discussions and debates over the medical use of stem cells and cloning have always had a religious component. But there are many different religious voices. Contributors reflect the spectrum of Christian responses, from liberal Protestant to evangelical to Roman Catholic as well as Jewish perspectives. In addition to the deliberations found here, God and the Embryo includes a series of official statements on the issues from religious bodies. "Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry," from the statement of the President's Council on Bioethics, concludes the book. The disputations will continue, but for anyone interested in the nuances of and religious perspectives that make their important contributions to these ethically challenging and important dialectics, God and the Embryo is an invaluable resource.

Contents:

Part 1 Frameworks

1 Religion Meets Research / Ronald Cole-Turner 7

2 What Is the Appropriate Contribution of Religious Communities in the Public Debate on Embryonic Stem Cell Research? / Brent Waters 19

3 The Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research / Gene Outka 29

Part 2 Embryos

4 Does the Human Embryo Have a Moral Status? / Brent Waters 67

5 Is a Human Embryo a Human Being? / James C. Peterson 77

6 Principles and Politics: Beyond the Impasse over the Embryo / Ronald Cole-Turner 88

7 To Be Willing to Kill What for All One Knows Is a Person Is to be Willing to Kill a Person / Robert Song 98

Part 3 Research

8 A Plea for Beneficence: Reframing the Embryo Debate / Ted Peters, Gaymon Bennett 111

9 Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Ethics in the Face of Uncertainty / Kevin T. Fitzgerald, S.J. 131

10 Freedoms, Duties, and Limits: The Ethics of Research in Human Stem Cells / Laurie Zoloth 141

11 Talking Like Believers: Christians and Jews in the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate / Sondra Wheeler 152

A Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells / Pontifical Academy for Life 163

B Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the Perspective of Orthodox Christianity / The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America 172

C Urgent Action Alert: Urge Senators to Support Complete Ban on Human Cloning / United Methodist Church 177

D Resolution: On Human Embryonic and Stem Cell Research / Southern Baptist Convention 179

E Support for Federally Funded Research on Embryonic Stem Cells / United Church of Christ 181

F Overture 01-50. On Adopting a Resolution Enunciating Ethical Guidelines for Fetal Tissue and Stem Cell Research

From the Presbytery of Baltimore / Presbyterian Church 185

G A Theologian's Brief on the Place of the Human Embryo within the Christian Tradition, and the Theological Principles for Evaluating Its Moral Status 190

H Cloning Research, Jewish Tradition and Public Policy: A Joint Statement by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the Rabbinical Council of America 204

I Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry / The President's Council on Bioethics 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

087840998X

OCLC:

51936988