God and the Embryo : Religious Voices on Stem Cells and Cloning

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1(6) Ronald Cole-Turner PART ONE Frameworks Religion Meets Research 7(12) Ronald Cole-Turner What Is the Appropriate Contribution of Religious Communities in the Public Debate on Embryonic Stem Cell Research? 19(10) Brent Waters The Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research 29(38) Gene Outka PART TWO Embryos Does the Human Embryo Have a Moral Status? 67(10) Brent Waters Is a Human Embryo a Human Being? 77(11) James C. Peterson Principles and Politics: Beyond the Impasse over the Embryo 88(10) Ronald Cole-Turner To Be Willing to Kill What for All One Knows Is a Person Is to be Willing to Kill a Person 98(13) Robert Song PART THREE Research A Plea for Beneficence: Reframing the Embryo Debate 111(20) Ted Peters Gaymon Bennett Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Ethics in the Face of Uncertainty 131(10) Kevin T. Fitzgerald Freedoms, Duties, and Limits: The Ethics of Research in Human Stem Cells 141(11) Laurie Zoloth Talking Like Believers: Christians and Jews in the Embryonic Stem Cell Debate 152(71) Sondra Wheeler Appendices A: Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells 163(9) Pontifical Academy for Life B: Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the Perspective of Orthodox Christianity 172(5) The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America C: Urgent Action Alert: Urge Senators to Support Complete Ban on Human Cloning 177(2) United Methodist Church D: Resolution: On Human Embryonic and Stem Cell Research 179(2) Southern Baptist Convention E: Support for Federally Funded Research on Embryonic Stem Cells 181(4) United Church of Christ F: Overture 01-50. On Adopting a Resolution Enunciating Ethical Guidelines for Fetal Tissue and Stem Cell Research--From the Presbytery of Baltimore 185(5) Presbyterian Church (USA) G: A Theologian's Brief on the Place of the Human Embryo within the Christian Tradition, and the Theological Principles for Evaluating Its Moral Status 190(14) H: Cloning Research, Jewish Tradition and Public Policy: A Joint Statement by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and the Rabbinical Council of America 204(2) I: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry 206(17) The President's Council on Bioethics Contributors 223(2) Index 225