The moral status of human embryos with special regard to stem cell research and therapy / Øyvind Baune ... [et al.]
g Part I. Biological and medical perspectives
t Stem cells : sources and clinical applications / r Steinar Funderud
t Alternative means to obtain pluripotent stem cells / r Ole Johan Borge
t Neurogenesis and potential use of stem cells from adult human brain / r Havard Ølstørn, Morten C. Moe. Mercy Varghese, and Iver A. Langmoen
t Can we use human embryonic stem cells to treat brain and spinal cord injury and disease? / r Joel C. Glover
t Stem cells, embryos and ethics : is there a way forward? / r William B. Hurlbut
g Part II. Social and political perspectives
t An intercultural perspective on human embryonic stem cell research / r LeRoy Walters
t Human embryo research : the European perspective / r Egbert Schroten
t Stem cells, pluralism and moral empathy / r Theo A. Boer
g Part III. Philosophical perspectives
t The potentiality argument and stem cell research / r Dagfinn Føllesdal
t Can the distinction between the moral and the descriptive support a full moral standing of an embryo? / r Øyvind Baune
t The beginning of individual human life / r Anthony Kenny
t Embryonic stem cell research - arguments of the ethical debate in Germany / r Ludger Honnefelder
t The question of human cloning in the context of the stem cell debate / r Otfried Hof̈fe
g Part IV. Theological perspectives
t Stem cells from human embryos for research? The theological discussion within Christianity / r Lars Østnor
t Theological arguments in the human stem cell debate : a critical evaluation / r Gunnar Heiene
t Human embryos and embryonic stem cells - ethical aspects / r Monika Bobbert.
