The President's Council on Bioethics 2002-2004: An Overview

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Briody Mahowald
Keyword(s):  
President’S Council On Bioethics ◽  
President's Council On Bioethics

Confusing Deliberation

2017 ◽  
pp. 179-208
Author(s):  
J. Benjamin Hurlbut
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cell ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Human Cloning ◽  
Public Deliberation ◽  
Common Language ◽  
President’S Council On Bioethics ◽  
Shared Language ◽  
President's Council On Bioethics

Chapter 5 examines the politics surrounding George W. Bush’s embryonic stem cell policy, and in particular debates over what terms should be used in public debate about human cloning. It examines the approach of the President’s Council on Bioethics to ground its deliberations in a shared language that would open up space for ethical disagreement, rather that limit it in the name of producing consensus. The Council’s project of finding a common language was appropriated by a group of scientists who set about to reform the language employed in public deliberation.

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