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The Edge of LifeAn Ethical Assessment of Bush’s Guidelines for Stem Cell Research

The Edge of Life: An Ethical Assessment of Bush’s Guidelines for Stem Cell Research CHAPTER 5 AN ETHICAL ASSESSMENT OF BUSH’S GUIDELINES FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH Having addressed the dignity of the human person in terms of being the recipient of action and also an agent, we can now consider the issue of stem cell research within this framework. In addressing this issue, both senses of dignity are brought into play. On th August 9 of 2001, in his first televised address to the nation, President George W. Bush announced his administration’s policy on federal funding for stem cell research. Stem cells with their potential to develop into virtually any cell of the human body are held as a key to future cures for human disease. When taken from adults or umbilical cords, the use of stem cells is recognized by all as morally unproblematic. Obviously, if one accords the human embryo the respect due a human person, there are profound ethical issues at stake in carrying out and funding such research because as current performed the process of embryonic stem cell research kills human embryos. Although research on adult stem cells is not morally suspect, since the subjects who give the cells can survive the donation and they consent to giving the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Edge of LifeAn Ethical Assessment of Bush’s Guidelines for Stem Cell Research

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 85)
Editors: Spicker, Stuart F.; Engelhardt, H. Tristram; Wildes, Kevin Wm.
The Edge of Life — Jan 1, 2005
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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer 2005
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978-1-4020-3155-7
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83 –96
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CHAPTER 5 AN ETHICAL ASSESSMENT OF BUSH’S GUIDELINES FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH Having addressed the dignity of the human person in terms of being the recipient of action and also an agent, we can now consider the issue of stem cell research within this framework. In addressing this issue, both senses of dignity are brought into play. On th August 9 of 2001, in his first televised address to the nation, President George W. Bush announced his administration’s policy on federal funding for stem cell research. Stem cells with their potential to develop into virtually any cell of the human body are held as a key to future cures for human disease. When taken from adults or umbilical cords, the use of stem cells is recognized by all as morally unproblematic. Obviously, if one accords the human embryo the respect due a human person, there are profound ethical issues at stake in carrying out and funding such research because as current performed the process of embryonic stem cell research kills human embryos. Although research on adult stem cells is not morally suspect, since the subjects who give the cells can survive the donation and they consent to giving the

Published: Jan 1, 2005

Keywords: Stem Cell; Human Embryo; Stem Cell Research; Stem Cell Line; Proportionate Reason

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