Why western culture, unlike Confucian culture, is so concerned about embryonic stem cell research: the Christian roots of the difference

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BRL classification: 18.7; 15.1; 18.5.4; 1.1; 1.2
Keyword identifiers: Asia
BRL primary classification: 18.7
Human Experimentation/ Stem Cell Research
Keywords: *Confucian ethics; *cross-cultural comparison; *embryo research; *embryonic stem cells; *embryos; *moral status; *theology; *Western World; abortion; Christian ethics; Jewish ethics; morality; philosophy; secularism; value of life

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/138364
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http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/510137
Abstract
Third International Conference of Bioethics on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Human Pluri-potent Stem Cells; Taiwan; 2002 June 24-28; National Central University and National Taiwan University
BRL special collection: GenETHX
Number of references book cites: 19 refs. 8 fn.
BRL location: R725.5 .F24 2007
Date
2011-07-12
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oai:repository.library.georgetown.edu:10822/510137
In: Lee, Shui Chuen, ed. The Family, Medical Decision-Making, and Biotechnology: Critical Reflections on Asian Moral Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer, 2007: 175-181
http://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/510137
978-1-4020-5219-4
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