Title: Is this cell a human being? : exploring the status of embryos, stem cells and human-animal hybrids /
Authors: Huarte, Joachim.; Suarez, Antoine
Publisher: Springer-Verlag ,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Bioethics; Bioethics; Stem Cell Research ethics
Abstract: Questions whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings, analyzes their biological and moral status, and takes a decisive step towards establishing criteria for what constitutes a human being.
Contents: Breakthrough in stem cell research? : the reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells / Boris Greber, Hans Schöler -- Preimplantation stages of human development : the biological and moral status of early embryos / Maureen L. Condic -- Complete moles and parthenotes are not organisms / Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco -- Embryos grown in culture deserve the same moral status as embryos after implantation / Joachim Huarte, Antoine Suarez -- Distinguishing embryos from non-embryos / Patrick Lee -- On the status of human embryos and cellular entities produced through ANT : are they persons? / Pablo Requena Meana -- Does a human being have a right to life? : the debate on embryo research in Germany as a case study / Manfred Spieker -- Interspecies mixtures and the status of humanity / Neville Cobbe -- The boundaries of humanity : the ethics of human-animal chimeras in cloning and stem cell research / William B. Hurlbut -- Is this cell entity a human being? : neural activity, spiritual soul, and the status of the inner cell mass and pluripotent stem cells / Antoine Suarez.