scholarly journals Moral Status, Moral Value, and Human Embryos: Implications for Stem Cell Research

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie Steinbock
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Stem Cell Research ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Human Embryos ◽  
Moral Value

The Moral Status of Human Embryos with Special Regard to Stem Cell Research and Therapy

2008 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Øyvind Baune ◽  
Ole Johan Borge ◽  
Steinar Funderud ◽  
Dagfinn Føllesdal ◽  
Gunnar Heiene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Stem Cell Research ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Human Embryos ◽  
Special Regard

Use and Abuse of Empirical Knowledge in Contemporary Bioethics: A Critical Analysis of Empirical Arguments Employed in the Controversy Surrounding Stem Cell Research

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-392
Author(s):  
JAN HELGE SOLBAKK
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Stem Cell Research ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Embryos ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

In two articles about the controversy surrounding stem cell research, Søren Holm claims that no argument has so far been advanced in the debate to justify the necessity of destructive research on human embryos for the therapeutic potential of stem cell research to be achieved, and that it is up to the scientists themselves to produce “convincing arguments” for their case. This seemingly defeatist statement on behalf of bioethics originates from the viewpoint that neither a reiteration of old arguments about the moral status of the human embryo nor the generation of new arguments of the same kind are likely to have any positive bearing on the controversy; on the other hand, the impact of science on the current debate is unquestionable, due to three “partially independent” developments:

scholarly journals Moral Limits of Brain Organoid Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 760-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian J. Koplin ◽  
Julian Savulescu
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Stem Cell Research ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Moral Framework ◽  
Brain Organoid ◽  
Regulations And Guidelines

Brain organoid research raises ethical challenges not seen in other forms of stem cell research. Given that brain organoids partially recapitulate the development of the human brain, it is plausible that brain organoids could one day attain consciousness and perhaps even higher cognitive abilities. Brain organoid research therefore raises difficult questions about these organoids' moral status – questions that currently fall outside the scope of existing regulations and guidelines. This paper shows how these gaps can be addressed. We outline a moral framework for brain organoid research that can address the relevant ethical concerns without unduly impeding this important area of research.

Creating Embryos for Use in Stem Cell Research

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan W. Brock
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Stem Cell Research ◽  
Human Embryo ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Human Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Early Embryos ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Hesc Research

The intense and extensive debate over human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research has focused primarily on the moral status of the human embryo. Some commentators assign full moral status of normal adult human beings to the embryo from the moment of its conception. At the other extreme are those who believe that a human embryo has no significant moral status at the time it is used and destroyed in stem cell research. And in between are many intermediate positions that assign an embryo some degree of moral status between none and full. This controversy and the respective positions, like the abortion controversy, is by now well understood, despite the lack of progress in resolving it. I have argued briefly elsewhere that early embryos do not have significant moral status, but I do not want to reenter that debate here. Instead, I want to focus on an issue that has had relatively little explicit and separate attention, but is likely to loom larger in light of the Obama administration’s partial lifting of the Bush administration’s restriction on the embryos that can be used in stem cell research that receives federal funding.

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