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Author:   Michael Ruse ,  Christopher A. Pynes
Publisher:   Prometheus Books
Imprint:   Prometheus Books
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781591024040

ISBN 10:   1591024048
Pages:   367
Publication Date:   01 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"President George W. Bush on Stem Cell Research; Stem Cells: A Primer; The Language That Really Matters; Can Old Cells Learn New Tricks?; Adult Stem Cells: A Positive Perspective; ""Parthenotes"": Expand the Debate on Stem Cells; Paralysed Mouse Walks Again as Scientists Fight Stem Cell Ban; 60 Minutes II, Holy Grail; Human Stem Cell Research and the Potential for Clinical Application; Foetal Neuron Grafts Pave the Way for Stem Cell Therapies; Promises of Stem Cells Kept; The Stem Cell Slide: Be Alert to the Beginnings of Evil; Research with Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Ethical Considerations; Ethics and Policy in Embryonic Stem Cell Research; The Ethics and Politics of Small Sacrifices in Stem Cell Research; The Ethical Case Against Stem Cell Research; Stem Cell Research: The Failure of Bioethics; Public Stem Cell Banks: Considerations of Justice in Stem Cell Research and Therapy; Patients' Voices: The Powerful Sound in the Stem Cell Debate; The Stem Cell Controversy; Stem Cells and the Catholic Church; Testimony of Abdulaziz Sachedina; Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Intercultural Perspective; A Time for Restraint; The Politics and Ethics of Human Embryo and Stem Cell Research; The Basics about Stem Cells; Locating Convergence: Ethics, Public Policy, and Human Stem Cell Research; Stem Cells: Public Policy and Ethics; Ethical Consistency in Embryonic Stem Cell Research."

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Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.As a prominent philosopher of science, he is well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation-evolution controversy and the demarcation problem within science. He has published over 25 books: most recently, Reflections on the Origin of Species, with David Reznick (Princeton UP, 2008); Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (Cambridge UP, 2010); and Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2015).

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