religious matters to life - summary

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understande and discuss the debate about when life begins and how religious beliefs relate.
christians- moment of conception (cat 22); islam- ensoulment after 120 days; jews- outside of the womb
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moral issues of fertility treatment (IVF,AIH,AID)
donor is a stranger;allows gay couple/single woman have a child; 'spilling the seed' jews and muslims disagree with masturbation; only god is the giver and taker of life (jer 15 before i formed u..) case study - louise brown (1st test tube baby) 1977
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moral issues of surrogacy
'before i formed you in the womb i knew you' -jer 1.5 unatural takes away unitive and procreative act between a couple(3rd party); problem if woman desires it; emotionally unfiar;may charge fee (illegal) - value of life?
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moral issues of transplant surgery
(when someone elses organs are put into another persons body) muslims and jews reluctant as donors as 'forbidden to mutilate the body' yet can be seen as 'lesser of two evils' (qur'an 5.32)
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moral issues of blood transfusion
'for the life of the creature is in the blood' - jehovah witnesses against as bibles command to abstain from blood. (majority of) other than this donmation it is seen as acceptable
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moral issues of genetic engineering
(modification of gene make up) beneficial by modyfying embyro to be disease free etc - healthy baby at birth; people concerned with unused embroyos - destroyed (sanctity of life/value) when life begins. cat 22
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moral issues of embryology
(research into embyros and experimentation) extracting stem cells (as pluripotent) from embryo- human life? sanctity/value?; disvalues life
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moral issues of cloning
helps embyonic research help infertilesick people; god inspires people to develop new technology to benefit mankind; is compassionate improves quality of life against nature and way we were created by god;disposal of embryos - human; enc scient
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moral issues of stem cell research
(research into embyros and experimentation) extracting stem cells (as pluripotent) from embryo- human life? sanctity/value?; disvalues life; cat 22
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moral issues of experiments on humans
(clinical trials, people paid) disvalues life - sanctity; can have serious affects on people - may have no choice financial situation(archnishop of cantenbury quote)
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what is a human animal hybrid embryo?
an embryo made from human DNA and animal eggs for purposes of experimentation
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donor is a stranger;allows gay couple/single woman have a child; 'spilling the seed' jews and muslims disagree with masturbation; only god is the giver and taker of life (jer 15 before i formed u..) case study - louise brown (1st test tube baby) 1977

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