Embryo experimentation / Peter Singer ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 549151
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990
- xvi, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0521435889
- 0521383595
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Foreword J. D. McCaughey
- 1. Introduction Karen Dawson
- Part I. The Scientific Issues: Introduction to this section Karen Dawson
- Why do embryo research? Alan Trounson
- Part II. The Moral Status of the Embryo The nature of ethical argument: an introduction Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse
- (i) Arguments about the status of different developmental stages Fertilization and moral status Karen Dawson
- Segmentation and moral status Karen Dawson
- When does a new individual begin, and what does it matter, morally? Helga Kuhse
- What makes a being morally significant? Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse
- (ii) Arguments about potential IVF Technology and the argument from potential Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse
- Arguing from potential Stephen Buckle
- Part III. Controlling Embryo Experimentation in a Democratic Society (i) Legislation or self-regulation
- The case for self-regulation John Funder
- Community control of IVF and embryo experimentation Max Charlesworth
- Self-regulation and embryo experimentation in Australia - a critique Pascal Kasimba
- (ii) Forming a public policy Public policy in a pluralist society R. M. Hare
- Is IVF research a threat to women's autonomy M. A. Warren
- IVF regulation: the search for a legal basis Pascal Kasimba
- How scientists view regulation: an interview with Drs Alan Trounson and Ismail Kola Karen Dawson
- (iii) Drawing lines. Biological processes and moral events Stephen Buckle
- The distinction between therapeutic and non-therapeutic experimentation Elizabeth Gaze and Karen Dawson
- The syngamy debate: when does an embryo begin? Stephen Buckle, Karen Dawson and Peter Singer
- Part IV. The First Legislation: An examination of Victoria's law
- The Waller committee and the origins of the Victorian legistation Elizabeth Gaze
- Experiments on embryos: permissions and prohibitions under the Infertility (Medical Procedures) Act, 1984 Pascal Kasimba
- Legislation and the problems of research Karen Dawson
- When is cloning lawful? Pascal Kasimba and Margaret Brumby
- An interview with Louis Waller Elizabeth Gaze
- Conclusion
- Afterword J. M. Swan
- Glossary Karen Dawson
- Appendices: Infertility (Medical Procedures) Act, 1984 National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines on embryo experimentation A summary of law relating to embryo experimentation around the world Pascal Kasimba.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Fertilization in vitro, Human -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Other authors/contributors:
- Singer, Peter
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