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Part of the book series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment (ETHICSSCI, volume 21)
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Front Matter
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Recent advances in techniques and understanding in the fields of genetics, embryology and reproductive biology have opened up new ways to treat a wide range of medical problems. They range from new options for infertility treatment and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to stem-cell-based therapies for debilitating diseases. Since all these approaches involve the manipulation of human gametes, embryos or embryonic cells, and could also permit more contentious uses, they have stimulated a controversial debate as to what aims are desirable and to what extent experiments on human embryos are morally permissible, if permissible at all. The situation is further complicated by the fact that scientific projects are increasingly realized through international co-operation and that patients are increasingly ready to seek morally contentious medical treatment wherever it is available and thus to bypass national legislation. In view of this situation the Europäische Akademie assembled a temporary interdisciplinary project group in which scientists from universities and non-university research organizations in Europe working on the relevant subjects were brought together and charged with establishing a knowledge base and providing suggestions for long-term solutions that would be acceptable for society. Presented here are the results of this project, ranging from a discussion of the theoretical and practical possibilities in human-embryo experimentation and its alternatives in research on adult stem cells, a comparison of the situations and prospects of regulation of embryo research in Europe, a survey of European public attitudes, and a philosophical analysis of the arguments and argumentative strategies used in the debate.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Embryo Research in Pluralistic Europe
Authors: Davor Solter, D. Beyleveld, M. B. Friele, J. Hołówka, H. Lilie, R. Lovell-Badge, C. Mandla, U. Martin, … R. Pardo Avellaneda
Series Title: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05117-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-20379-7Published: 28 November 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05798-4Published: 04 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05117-7Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1860-4803
Series E-ISSN: 1860-4811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 436
Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Social Sciences, general, Ethics, Human Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Philosophy, general