The ethics of embryonic stem cell research

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-562

  Curzer, Howard J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Complicity; Embryo; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLONING; EMBRYO CELL; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EMBRYO RESEARCH; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 10944269096     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310490514225     Document Type: Review

References (33)

1. Brody, B., & Halevy, A. (1995). Is futility a futile concept? Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 20, 123-144.
2. Brody, H. (1994). The physician's role in determining futility. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 42, 875-878.
3. Bush, G. (2001). Stem cells and the preservation of life. New York Times, AUG. 12, 2001.
4. Callahan, D. (1995). The puzzle of profound respect. Hastings Center Report, 25, 39-40.
5. Doerflinger, R. (1999). The ethics of funding embryonic stem cell research: A Catholic viewpoint. Kennedy institute of Ethics Journal, 9, 137-150.
6. Donagan, A. (1977). The theory of morality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
7. Dworkin, R. (1993). Life's dominion. New York: Random House.
8. Gatter, R., & Moskop, J. (1995). From futility to triage. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 20, 207-224.
9. Green, R. (2002). Benefiting from 'evil': An incipient moral problem in human stem cell research. Bioethics, 16, 544-556.
10. Green, R. (2001). The human embryo research debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
11. Harper, W. (1998). Judging who should live: Schneiderman and Jeker on the duty not to treat. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 23, 500-515.
12. Harris, J. (1991). Wonderwoman and superman. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
13. Hill, T. (1991). Autonomy and self-respect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
14. Hochedlinger, K., & Jaenish, R. (2003). Nuclear transplantation, embryonic stem cells, and the potential of cell therapy. New England Journal of Medicine, 349, 275-286.
15. Kant, I. (1964). Doctrine of virtue (M. Gregor, trans.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
16. Kant, I. (1981). On a supposed right to lie because of philanthropic concerns (J. Ellington, trans.). In: Grounding for the metaphysics of morals (pp. 63-67). Indianapolis, IN: Hackett.
17. Korsgaard, C. (1986). The right to lie: Kant on dealing with evil. Philosophy and Public Affairs, 15, 325-349.
18. Meilaender, G. (2001). The point of a ban: Or, how to think about stem cell research. Hastings Center Report, 31, 9-16.
19. McGee G., & Caplan, A. (1999). The ethics and politics of small sacrifices in stem cell research. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 9, 151-158.
20. Meyer, M., & Nelson, L. (2001). Respecting what we destroy: Reflections on human embryo research. Hastings Center Report, 31, 16-23.
21. National Academy of Sciences. (2002). Stem cells and the future of regenerative medicine. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press.
22. National Institute of Health. (2000). Guidelines for research using human pluripotent stem cells. Federal Register, 65, 51976-51981.
23. National Institute of Health. (1994). Final report of the human embryo research panel. Bethesda, MD: NIH.
24. Robertson, J. (1999). Ethics and policy in embryonic stem cell research. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 9, 109-137.
25. Robertson, J. (1995). Symbolic issues in embryo research. Hastings Center Report, 25, 37-38.
26. Rosenthal, N. (2003). Prometheus's vulture and the stem-cell promise. New England Journal of Medicine, 349, 267-274.
27. Schneiderman, L., & Jecker, N. (1995). Wrong medicine. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
28. Schneiderman, L. Jecker, N., & Jonsen, A. (1990). Medical futility: Its meaning and ethical implications. Annals of Internal Medicine, 112, 949-954.
29. Shamblott, M.J., Axelman, J., Wang, S., Bugg, E.M., Littlefield, J.W., Donovan, P.J., Blumenthal, P.D., Huggins, G.R., & Gearhart, J.D. (1998). Derivation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured human primordial germ cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95, 13726-13731.
30. Smith, J. (1990). Patenting the sun. New York: William Morrow and Co.
31. Thomson, J.A., Itskovitz-Eldor, J., Shapiro, S.S., Waknitz, M.A., Swiergiel, J.J., Marshall, V.S., & Jones. J.M. (1998). Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts. Science, 282, 1145-1147.
32. Wade, N. (2001). An old question becomes new again: Stem cell issue causes debate over the exact moment life begins. New York Times, AUG. 15, 2001.
33. Williams, B. (1973). A critique of utilitarianism. In: Smart, J., & Williams, B. (Eds.), Utilitarianism: For and against. New York: Cambridge University Press.