Human Embryos and Human Dignity: Differing Presuppositions in Human Embryo Research in Germany and Great Britain*

This article notes differences in legislation in Germany and Great Britain regarding human embryo research and looks for an explanation in their divergent intellectual traditions. Whereas the German Stem Cell Act invokes an anthropological concept of human dignity to ground its ban on using embryos...

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Main Author: Rolf, Sibylle 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
In: Heythrop journal
Year: 2012, Volume: 53, Issue: 5, Pages: 742-754
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