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Organ Donation: Where Your Religion Stands

Nothing's worse than when a chance to donate an organ is missed because of the false belief that donation is prohibited.

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Google Yourself an Organ Donor

Fed up with waiting lists, some patients are using the Internet to find compatible living donors. Is bucking the system moral?

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What Does Judaism Have to Say About Organ Donation?

Jewish law now deems organ donation an obligatory act. But this wasn't always the case.

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'Human Non-Persons'

If consciousness is an essential condition of personhood, many of us are potentially killable and harvestable.

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Slouching Toward Chimeras

As scientists combine human and animal cells to create hybrid creatures, what are the implications for society?

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Resources: Liver Disease and Organ Transplants

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'No Harm' Applies to Stem Cell Embryos: One Buddhist's View

Embryos bear the karmic identity of a recently-deceased individual, and so are entitled to the same moral respect as adults.

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Preventing a Brave New World

The head of President Bush's new commission on stem-cell research says we should ban cloning now.

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