Introduction: Regenerative Medicine at the Heart of the Culture Wars

King Tak Ip

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8967-1_1

Introduction: Regenerative Medicine at the Heart of the Culture Wars

King Tak Ip^*

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Regenerative medicine is rich with Promethean promises. The use of human embryonic stem cells in research is justified by its advocates in terms of promises to cure a wide range of diseases and disabilities, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinsonism to the results of heart attacks and spinal cord injuries. More broadly, there is the Promethean allure of being able to redesign human biological nature in terms of the goals and concerns of humans. Needless to say, these allures and promises have provoked a wide range of not just moral but metaphysical reflections that reveal and reflect deep fault lines in our cultures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Bioethics of Regenerative Medicine
Editors	King-Tak IP
Publisher	Springer, Dordrecht
Pages	3-10
Number of pages	8
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781402089671
ISBN (Print)	9781402089664, 9789048180387
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8967-1_1
Publication status	Published - 24 Dec 2008

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Name	Philosophy and Medicine
Volume	102
ISSN (Print)	0376-7418
ISSN (Electronic)	2215-0080

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Philosophy
Nursing (miscellaneous)
Health Policy

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Human Embryo
Human Nature
Moral Status
Regenerative Medicine
Therapeutic Cloning

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