Posted on November 18, 2011, 9:18 pm, by Richard Myers.
Here is a link to Pope Benedict’s recent speech on stem cell research. The Pope spoke to participants at a conference organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture on this theme– Adult Stem Cells: Science and the Future of Man and Culture. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2011/november/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20111112_stem-cells_en.html While extolling the promise of scientific research, Pope Benedict emphasized the need to protect [...]
Posted on August 22, 2011, 7:34 am, by Teresa Collett.
UFL member, O. Carter Snead (Notre Dame), has a terrific new article on the Public Discourse blog, Protect the Weak and Vulnerable: The Primacy of the Life Issue. In the article, he first establishes that the debates over abortion and embryo destructive research are really about membership in the human family and the reach of [...]
Posted on August 5, 2011, 7:45 am, by Teresa Collett.
Prof. Greg Dolin says yes in his article, A Defense fo Embryonic Stem Cell Research, on SSRN. Originally published in Fall 2009 issue of the Indiana Law Journal, Prof. Dolin argues that the fact that an embryo is a human life does not morally preclude all destructive stem cell research and that a person can [...]
Posted on July 15, 2011, 10:34 am, by Teresa Collett.
David Prentice has a very helpful article, Stem Cell Bill Ignores Patients and Real Science, on The Hill blog. It contains links to prior legislation, an NIH report and ongoing litigation regarding government funding of ESCR.
Posted on July 11, 2011, 8:18 am, by Teresa Collett.
SSRN lists a new article, Moral Conflict and Complexity: The Dynamics of Constructive Versus Destructive Discussions Over Polarizing Issues. The authors’ abstract, which you can access here, describes the contents as: Moral conflicts, whether over abortion, the death penalty, or the ‘right’ approach to addressing terrorism, pose serious challenges to societies worldwide. They can quickly [...]
Posted on July 9, 2011, 10:59 am, by Teresa Collett.
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy has a new article, Confronting Moral Pluralism in Posttraditional Western Societies: Bioethics Critically Reassessed, by bioethicist H. Tristam Engelhardt Jr, of Rice University in Texas. “In the face of the moral pluralism that results from the death of God and the abandonment of a God’s eye perspective in secular [...]
