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From Bioethics to Bio-optics: The Case of the Embryonic Stem Cell

Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University, slavi{at}post.tau.ac.il

The following paper calls for a shift of views from bioethics to bio-optics, from asking what we should do, to wondering about how things appear and are. It takes as a case study the stem cell controversy and juxtaposes its regulation in Israel and in the United States. As an ethical debate, the embryonic stem cell controversy is often cast as a dispute between liberals and conservatives, scientists and religious fundamentalists. From a bio-optical point of view, however, one may notice a surprising affinity between science and the most extreme religious groups.

Law, Culture and the Humanities, Vol. 4, No. 3, 339-351 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1743872108093101


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