ABSTRACT
The debate about embryonic stem cell research is a conflict not between "religion" and "science," but between two ethical approaches to the dignity of human beings. The newer, more pragmatic ethic is not necessarily more conducive to rapid medical progress as is often assumed.
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Dissent and Disputes , Embryo Research/ethics , Embryonic Stem Cells , Human Rights , Personhood , Beginning of Human Life/ethics , Diffusion of Innovation , Ethical Theory , Humans , Morals , Politics , Religion and Science , United States , Value of LifeSubject(s)
Bioethical Issues/legislation & jurisprudence , Embryonic Stem Cells , Legislation as Topic , Public Policy , Adult Stem Cells , Biotechnology/legislation & jurisprudence , Cloning, Organism/legislation & jurisprudence , Embryo Research/legislation & jurisprudence , Federal Government , Fetal Blood/cytology , Fetal Research/legislation & jurisprudence , Fetal Tissue Transplantation/legislation & jurisprudence , Financing, Government , Humans , Industry , Stem Cell Transplantation , United States , Wedge ArgumentSubject(s)
Cloning, Organism/ethics , Embryo Research/ethics , Stem Cells , Advisory Committees , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Fraud , Humans , Industry , Korea , Politics , Public Policy , Scientific Misconduct , United States , Value of LifeSubject(s)
Cloning, Organism/ethics , Cloning, Organism/trends , Embryo, Mammalian , Research Embryo Creation/ethics , Value of Life , Advisory Committees , Attitude , Cloning, Organism/legislation & jurisprudence , Complicity , Editorial Policies , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Ethical Relativism , Ethicists , Financing, Government , Government Regulation , Humans , Nuclear Transfer Techniques , Politics , Research Personnel , Scientific Misconduct , Stem Cells , United StatesSubject(s)
Beginning of Human Life , Embryo Research/ethics , Embryo Research/legislation & jurisprudence , Politics , Public Policy , Stem Cells , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Federal Government , Humans , Research Embryo Creation/ethics , Research Embryo Creation/methods , Research Support as Topic , State Government , United States , Value of LifeSubject(s)
Embryo Research/ethics , Embryo Research/legislation & jurisprudence , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Legislation, Medical , Stem Cells , Adoption , Advisory Committees , Cloning, Organism , Embryo Disposition/ethics , Embryo Disposition/legislation & jurisprudence , Federal Government , Fertilization in Vitro/legislation & jurisprudence , Fetal Blood , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Informed Consent/legislation & jurisprudence , Nuclear Transfer Techniques , Oocytes , Politics , Research Support as Topic , Stem Cells/cytology , United States , Value of LifeSubject(s)
Embryo Research/legislation & jurisprudence , Reproductive Techniques, Assisted/legislation & jurisprudence , Stem Cells , Advisory Committees , Cloning, Organism/legislation & jurisprudence , Embryo Disposition , Embryo Research/ethics , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Federal Government , Fertilization in Vitro/legislation & jurisprudence , Financing, Government , Humans , Public Policy , Reproductive Techniques, Assisted/ethics , Research Support as Topic , United StatesSubject(s)
Cloning, Organism/legislation & jurisprudence , Embryo Research/legislation & jurisprudence , Financing, Government , Government Regulation , Legislation as Topic , Lobbying , Patents as Topic/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Policy , Research Support as Topic , Stem Cells , Biotechnology , Cloning, Organism/ethics , Embryo Research/ethics , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Federal Government , Genetic Engineering/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Industry , Patents as Topic/ethics , Patient Advocacy , State Government , United StatesSubject(s)
Catholicism , Embryo Research/ethics , Public Policy , Advisory Committees , Cloning, Organism , Embryo Research/legislation & jurisprudence , Embryo, Mammalian , Family , Financing, Government , Human Experimentation/ethics , Humans , Marriage , Research Support as Topic , Stem Cells , United States , Value of LifeSubject(s)
Cloning, Organism , Dehumanization , Cloning, Organism/ethics , Cloning, Organism/methods , Humans , Parent-Child Relations , TheologyABSTRACT
Stem cell research that requires the destruction of human embryos is incompatible with Catholic moral principles, and with any ethic that gives serious weight to the moral status of the human embryo. Moreover, because there are promising and morally acceptable alternative approaches to the repair and regeneration of human tissues, and because treatments that rely on destruction of human embryos would be morally offensive to many patients, embryonic stem cell research may play a far less significant role in medical progress than proponents believe.