Kompromis nie jest możliwy. Wokół debaty nad wykorzystaniem odembrionalnych komórek macierzystych

Abstract

The global discussion on the use of stem-cells has found its way to Poland. The Polish government organized a series of debates with the specialists of microbiology, ethicists of different kind of ethics, moral theologians, representatives of the Catholic Church and other religious communities, politicians and journalists. The goal was to work out a common position concerning the new potential treatment: the use of embryonic stem-cells. However, the debates showed clearly, that no agreement is possible, as a procurement of ESC is necessarily connected with the destruction of an embryo. What is more, the debates uncovered, how deeply the modern medicine and biology is demoralized: the moral values have no power anymore - the pragmatism and utilitarian arguments took their place.