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More on ethics guidelines on stem cell research

Just noticed that the Hinxton panel that decided to come to a consensus on what to do with human embryos, but ignored the very nature of human embryos themselves, included Julian Savulescu. The Oxford ethics professor is the author of a piece in the British Medical Journal (sorry, subscription only) in which he stated that, … Continue reading

>More on redefining humans

>Nancy Valko forwarded Nigel Cameron’s latest op-ed, “The Truth, The Partial Truth, and Nothing But Evasions”: It’s fascinating to see just what has been happening with the cloning debate. First, the pro-cloning advocates tried to neutralize an unpopular, sci-fi sounding word by adding an antidote “therapeutic.” Surely, they reckoned, “therapeutic cloning” sounds OK. But the … Continue reading

More on redefining humans

Nancy Valko forwarded Nigel Cameron’s latest op-ed, “The Truth, The Partial Truth, and Nothing But Evasions”: It’s fascinating to see just what has been happening with the cloning debate. First, the pro-cloning advocates tried to neutralize an unpopular, sci-fi sounding word by adding an antidote “therapeutic.” Surely, they reckoned, “therapeutic cloning” sounds OK. But the … Continue reading

>Wesley Smith on redefining humans

>Thanks to Bioethics.com (the blog for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity), I read this editorial. (Free registration) According to his blog, Secondhand Smoke, Mr. Smith tells us that his efforts in Missouri to block a State clone and kill bill resulted in the Kansas City Star’s agreeing to allow him to clarify what … Continue reading

Wesley Smith on redefining humans

Thanks to Bioethics.com (the blog for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity), I read this editorial. (Free registration) According to his blog, Secondhand Smoke, Mr. Smith tells us that his efforts in Missouri to block a State clone and kill bill resulted in the Kansas City Star’s agreeing to allow him to clarify what … Continue reading

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