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You might be interested in this article by Nigel Cameron from the Trinity Forum Academy's online newsletter CONVERSATIONS. The opening text is below; see this link for the rest: http://www.ttf.org/index/conversations/detail/human-dignity-in-the-biotech-century/ ---------- Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: Why the Stem Cell Stakes Are so High A resident scholar at Osprey Point looks at the stakes in the stem cell debate. What’s really at stake for science policy, human dignity, and the future prospects of our biotechnology in the current debate on stem cells? President Bush’s policy on federal funding of embryonic stem cells is a compromise, but a principled compromise. I have supported it, as it stands as a beacon of sanity in an increasingly frenzied debate that does not augur well for the capacity of our democracy to cope with the challenges of what has been called the “biotech century.” To begin, I would like to survey what the advocates on untrammeled embryo stem cell research really want; then make some comments on what this debate means for the biotech century ahead. ---------- The entry has 945 more words. http://www.ttf.org/index/conversations/detail/human-dignity-in-the-biotech-century/