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Home: Current Issues: Ethics - Medical: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Ethics - Medical: LINKS_PAGEArticles:How brave a new world? - Leon R. Kass, M.D.There is nothing "brave" or beautiful about the biotechnised world we are entering, says one of America's best-known bioethicists. Read more... Human Embryo Research After the Genome - William P. Cheshire, Jr.Recently, the Bush administration planted a flag on ethical high ground by updating the charter of the federal advisory committee that addresses the safety of human research subjects to consider the welfare of human embryos along with that of fetuses, children, and adults. That decision was not, as some critics have charged, the result of inappropriate religious intrusion into policy governing science. Read more... Immunity From Evil?: Vaccines Derived from Abortion - Jameson T. TaylorWhile most parents are shocked to learn that their children have been injected with vaccines cultured on and containing residual components of aborted fetal tissue, anger turns to anxiety once physicians and school officials point out that the vaccines are necessary for children to attend school. Religious and philosophical exemptions are, however, available. Read more... Is Bioethics Ethical? - WESLEY J. SMITHBioethicists spend much of their time arguing with one another, beneath—or, more accurately, above—the public radar, in arcane academic journals, books, university symposia, and government-appointed commissions. Read more... John Paul II on the right to medical practice according to conscience - Pope John Paul III warmly welcome your visit on the occasion of the International Congress of Catholic Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at which you are reflecting upon your future in the light of the fundamental right to medical training and practice according to conscience. Read more... Leon Kass and the Challenge of Bioethics - William E. MayIn my opinion Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics by Leon Kass is unquestionably one of the most important books on bioethics ever published. Read more... Leon Kass: A national treasure - George WeigelLeon Kass may be the most morally earnest man I've ever met. His students at the University of Chicago revere him as a teacher who, quite literally, changed their lives. Read more... Life is too important to be left to scientists - Ian HunterAt press conferences today in Washington, London, Paris, Berlin and Tokyo, scientists will announce the completion of the Human Genome project. It is remarkable that, in less than a half century, we have gone from Crick and Watson’s discovery of the structure of DNA to a basic map of our 100,000 human genes. Read more... Making Truthful Choices of Conscience - Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.One recurrent theme in bioethical discussions is the idea that each of us possesses a basic awareness of the moral law. Read more... Missing the Point - Yuval LevinEmbryo-research advocates finally back ethical alternatives but still insist on ethical violations. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 07-Nov-2009 - 11:31:43
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