Stem Cell Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. An Analogical Argument for Stem Cell Research

   • Richard Werner

   Pages 1-22

3. Marginal Cases and the Moral Status of Embryos

   • Michael J. Almeida

   Pages 23-39

4. Fixations on the Moral Status of the Embryo

   • Michael C. Brannigan

   Pages 41-57

5. Nazi Experiments and Stem Cell Research

   • Dennis R. Cooley

   Pages 59-84

6. Recent Ethical Controversies About Stem Cell Research

   • James J. McCartney

   Pages 85-119

7. Complicity in Embryonic and Fetal Stem Cell Research and Applications

   • Jan C. Heller

   Pages 121-147

8. Women, Commodification, and Embryonic Stem Cell Research

   • Susan Dodds

   Pages 149-174

9. Back Matter

   Pages 175-183

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A collection of objective essays reviewing the principal arguments for and against stem cell research. Among the issues considered are whether stem cell research treats embryos as "commodities," violates the rights of human embryos, or alienates women from their reproductive labor, and whether human embryos are entitled to full membership in the moral community.

• Embryo
• cell
• morality

"...offers an up to date presentation of some of the issues surrounding the use of human stem cells in research." - Bull. Med. Eth.

• Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

  James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder

Policies and ethics