Book Review: The President's Council on Bioethics (USA) Since 2002, The President's Council on Bioethics (USA) has published reports (books) ranging widely in subject matter and making for provocative reading. This list includes

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-257
Author(s):  
Anne J Davis
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
President’S Council On Bioethics ◽  
President's Council On Bioethics

Confusing Deliberation

2017 ◽  
pp. 179-208
Author(s):  
J. Benjamin Hurlbut
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Human Cloning ◽  
Public Deliberation ◽  
Common Language ◽  
President’S Council On Bioethics ◽  
Shared Language ◽  
President's Council On Bioethics

Chapter 5 examines the politics surrounding George W. Bush’s embryonic stem cell policy, and in particular debates over what terms should be used in public debate about human cloning. It examines the approach of the President’s Council on Bioethics to ground its deliberations in a shared language that would open up space for ethical disagreement, rather that limit it in the name of producing consensus. The Council’s project of finding a common language was appropriated by a group of scientists who set about to reform the language employed in public deliberation.

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