LEADER 03640nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910969468103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781299384590 010 $a1299384595 010 $a9780226924335 010 $a0226924335 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226924335 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017348 035 $a(EBL)1154173 035 $a(OCoLC)833132623 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000835995 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12430130 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835995 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10998119 035 $a(PQKB)10221045 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122791 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1154173 035 $a(DE-B1597)524666 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226924335 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3038338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3038338 035 $a(Perlego)1840625 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017348 100 $a20120606d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReasons of conscience $ethe bioethics debate in Germany /$fStefan Sperling 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cThe University of Chicago Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780226924328 311 08$a0226924327 311 08$a9780226924311 311 08$a0226924319 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPretext -- $t1. A Tale of Two Commissions -- $t2. Disciplining Disorder -- $t3. Transparent Fictions -- $t4. Conscientious Objections -- $t5. A Failed Experiment -- $t6. Stem Cells, Interrupted -- $tConclusion -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe implicit questions that inevitably underlie German bioethics are the same ones that have pervaded all of German public life for decades: How could the Holocaust have happened? And how can Germans make sure that it will never happen again? In Reasons of Conscience, Stefan Sperling considers the bioethical debates surrounding embryonic stem cell research in Germany at the turn of the twenty-first century, highlighting how the country's ongoing struggle to come to terms with its past informs the decisions it makes today. Sperling brings the reader unmatched access to the offices of the German parliament to convey the role that morality and ethics play in contemporary Germany. He describes the separate and interactive workings of the two bodies assigned to shape German bioethics-the parliamentary Enquiry Commission on Law and Ethics in Modern Medicine and the executive branch's National Ethics Council-tracing each institution's genesis, projected image, and operations, and revealing that the content of bioethics cannot be separated from the workings of these institutions. Sperling then focuses his discussion around three core categories-transparency, conscience, and Germany itself-arguing that without fully considering these, we fail to understand German bioethics. He concludes with an assessment of German legislators and regulators' attempts to incorporate criteria of ethical research into the German Stem Cell Law. 606 $aBioethics$zGermany 606 $aBiology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBioethics 615 0$aBiology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a174.2 686 $aCC 7264$2rvk 700 $aSperling$b Stefan$f1971-$01807860 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969468103321 996 $aReasons of conscience$94357832 997 $aUNINA