In this special lecture edition of The Bioethics Podcast, we conclude a two-part lecture delivered by Amy Laura Hall, PhD. In this lecture delivered at Trinity International University Dr. Hall addresses the topic of “Conservative and Liberal Bioethics,” which was in part material she developed for a consortium at the Hastings Center.

Dr. D. Joy Riley, Executive Director of the Tennessee Center for Bioethics and Culture, interviews Phillipa Taylor, consultant on bioethics for the London-based organization Care.

Gong—Welcome to round three of the human reproductive technology advances—mouse-human chimeras. Round one, framed by the praiseworthy intent of overcoming human infertility, placed human gametes, sperm and eggs, into a Petri dish to procreate at will. Round two, capitalizing on the inefficiencies within the in vitro fertilization clinic, took apart “left over” human embryos for embryonic stem cells. Round two and a half extended the logic of embryonic stem cells to make genetically matched embryonic stem cells through “therapeutic” cloning.