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Constantinos Deltas, Eleni M. Kalokairinou, Sabine Rogge (eds.), Progress in Science and the Danger of Hubris. Genetics, Transplantation, Stem Cell Research

Schriften des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Zypern-Studien, vol. 4 (Münster: Waxmann Verlag, 2006) 

 In September 2004 the First International Conference on Medical Ethics took place in Nicosia (Cyprus), organised by the University of Cyprus (Department of Classics and Philosophy / Department of Biological Sciences) and the University of Münster (Institute for Interdisciplinary Cypriot Studies). Scholars from Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece and Germany participated in this conference which had the general topic, Progress in Science and the Danger of Hubris: Genetics, Transplantation, Stem Cell Research. Their papers are collected in this book and offer a close look on the pros and cons of in-vitro fertilisation, prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, on ethical issues in genetic testing, reproductive selection and biomedical research generally, and, of course, on the ethical problems with regard to stem cell research (especially the research on embryonic stem cells) and stem cell transplantation. The reader will find most different perspectives and philosophical approaches to a multitude of bioethical concerns.

Table of contents:

  • Nelly Tsouyopoulos, Ethics, Ethos and Hubris
  • Christos S. Bartsocas, The Aristotelian Tradition of Ethical Issues in Genetics in Greece
  • Constantinos Deltas, Modern Genetics and the Danger of Hubris: A Medico-Philosophical Perspective
  • Dietrich von Engelhardt, Ethics of Biomedical Research. Topics and Aims in the Historical Context
  • Eleni M. Kalokairinou, Prenatal Diagnosis and Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis: Methods of Prevention or Forms of Eugenics?
  • Bettina Schöne-Seifert, Hubris or Responsibility? Ethical Issues in Reproductive Selection
  • Ludwig Siep, Ethical Problems of Stem Cell Research and Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Renata Veleska, Ethics of Research on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
  • Takis Vidalis, Genetic Testing and the Limits of Informed Consent
  • Claudia Wiesemann, Relational Ethics and the Moral Status of the Embryo
  • Urban Wiesing, Medicine and Hubris – the Case of Reproductive Medicine


142 pages
ISBN: 3-8309-1736-8
Waxmann Verlag
Price: 24,00 €