Experiments on Embryos

ISBN-13: 9780415007481 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 160 str.

John Harris; Anthony Dyson

Opis

This work reflects the continuing debate as to whether we should experiment on human embryos or not. Should we use human embryos or tissue from them, for therapeutic or research programmes? The debate around questions such as this ranges from visions of new Frankenstein's monsters and grotesque hybrids on the one hand, to the possibility of cures for diseases like AIDS and cancer on the other. While the debate continues, decisions have to be made on the basis of the best available data, and this book aims to provide evidence for each side of the debate, drawing upon contributors who cover the scientific, legal, ethical, theological, historical, and public policy dimensions of human embryo research and experimentation. The scientific evidence is provided by figures in embryology such as Professor Robert Edwards, one of the pioneers of the in vitro fertilization technique.

Recenzje

`Excellent collection of essays ... all [of them] raise interesting questions for further debate.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

`Experiments on Embryos is particularly valuable because it also explores the science in these debates.' - New Scientist

`Recommended reading for anyone trying to understand the complexity of this debate.' - Bioethics

`... a timely book ... extremely lively and attractively presented collection of papers ... These papers ... amount to one of the best recent contributions in the areas of the ethics of scientific advance.' - Alexander McCall Smith, Science and Public Policy

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Chapter one Contemporary and future possibilities for human embryonic manipulation, Mark W. J. Ferguson; Chapter 2 Chapter two Historical perspectives on human embryo research, Edward Yoxen; Chapter 3 Chapter three Ethics and embryology: the case for experimentation, Robert Edwards; Chapter 4 Chapter four The case against experimentation, John Marshall; Chapter 5 Chapter five Embryos and hedgehogs: on the moral status of the embryo, John Harris; Chapter 6 Chapter six At Heaven's command?: the Churches, theology, and experiments on embryos, Anthony Dyson; Chapter 7 Chapter seven An irresolvable dispute?, Keith Ward; Chapter 8 Chapter eight Experimentation: some legal aspects, Douglas J. Cusine; Chapter 9 Chapter nine The challenge for Parliament: a critique of the White Paper on Human Fertilisation andEmbryology, Margaret Brazier Bibliography INDEX;

O autorze

Anthony Dyson, John Harris