伦理,胚胎和干细胞研究

Research on Stem Cells,Embryos and Ethics

道德是关于规则、直觉、理解和观点的一个复杂系统。而后者影响着我们相互间处理事务的方式。它们交叉地渗入我们的道德思考。这种思维与胚胎、干细胞的伦理密切相关,因为胚胎和干细胞涉及我们对与治疗和移植组织有关的人的生命及其启始问题。就像在许多对待生命及其可以阐释的研究方法方面,要有一个道德的思辩历程一样,解决这些问题,部分地需要讨论,部分地需要回答。只有在我们认定这种讨论能够融入应用干细胞治疗的胚胎及其类源和人体组织的使用中时,我们才会清楚,大多数人体不同部位的干细胞应用是经过了对人的生命启始、我们儿童、家庭进行了思考。

Morality is a complex system of rules, intuitions, understandings and arguments which affect the ways we deal with one another, All of these intersect to inform our moral thinking, This is especially relevant in the area of embryo and stem cell ethics where thoughts from our understandings of human life and its origins mix with thoughts about therapy and the use of transplanted tissue. We resolve this partly by argument and partly by acknowledgement and, as in many areas of moral thought our stories about life and the ways it can unfold have an important part to play in reflecting on the relevant issues. When we consider the stories that can be woven around embryos, the sources and use of human tissue used in stem cell therapy it becomes clear that most uses of stem cells are part of a different area of human discourse from our thinking about our own origins, our children and our families.