Cloning Human Beings

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309076371

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Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy Pdf

Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. It is currently the subject of much debate around the world, involving a variety of ethical, religious, societal, scientific, and medical issues. Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning considers the scientific and medical sides of this issue, plus ethical issues that pertain to human-subjects research. Based on experience with reproductive cloning in animals, the report concludes that human reproductive cloning would be dangerous for the woman, fetus, and newborn, and is likely to fail. The study panel did not address the issue of whether human reproductive cloning, even if it were found to be medically safe, would beâ€"or would not beâ€"acceptable to individuals or society.

Author : United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : MINN:31951D00357946H

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Cloning Human Beings: no distinct title by United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission Pdf

Author : United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : IND:30000050381874

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Cloning Human Beings: Animal cloning and related embryo research: implications for medicine by United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission Pdf

Author : United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : MINN:31951D016237337

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Cloning Human Beings: Commissioned papers by United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission Pdf

Author : United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022041086

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Cloning Human Beings by United States. National Bioethics Advisory Commission Pdf

Author : Kerry Lynn Macintosh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521853281

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Illegal Beings by Kerry Lynn Macintosh Pdf

Many people think human reproductive cloning should be a crime-some states have even outlawed it and Congress is working to enact a national ban. However, if reproductive cloning soon becomes a reality, it will be impossible to prevent infertile couples and others from choosing the technology, even if they have to break the law. While most books on cloning cover the advantages and disadvantages of cloning technology, Illegal Beings describes the pros and cons of laws against human reproductive cloning. Kerry Lynn Macintosh, an attorney with expertise in the area of law and technology, argues that the most common objections to cloning are false or exaggerated, inspiring laws that stigmatize human clones as subhuman and unworthy of existence. She applies the same reasoning that was used to invalidate racial segregation to show how anti-cloning laws, by reinforcing negative stereotypes, deprive human clones of their equal protection rights under the law. Her book creates a new topic within constitutional law: existential segregation, or the practice of discriminating by preventing the existence of a disfavored group or class. This comprehensive and novel work looks at how anti-cloning laws will hurt human clones in a fresh perspective on this controversial subject. Kerry Lynn Macintosh is a member of the Law and Technology faculty at Santa Clara University School of Law. She is the author of papers, articles, and book chapters on the law and technology and has contributed to the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law, and Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

Author : Kerry Lynn Macintosh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781107031852

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Human Cloning by Kerry Lynn Macintosh Pdf

Unmasks the role of psychological essentialism in cloning bans, explaining how intuitions cause individuals to act against their own values.

Author : James M. Humber,Robert Almeder
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781592592050

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Human Cloning by James M. Humber,Robert Almeder Pdf

In Human Cloning a panel of distinguished philosophers, medical ethicists, religious thinkers, and social critics tackle the thorny problems raised by the now real possibility of human cloning. In their wide ranging reviews, the distinguished contributors critically examine the major arguments for and against human cloning, probe the implications of such a procedure for society, and critically evaluate the "Report and Recommendations of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission." The debate includes both religious and secular arguments, as well as an outline of the history of the cloning debate and a discussion of human cloning's impact on our sense of self and our beliefs about the meaning of life.

Author : Stephen E. Levick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Human cloning
ISBN : 0742529908

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Clone Being by Stephen E. Levick Pdf

Marshalling psychological and sociological theory and research, and drawing upon extensive clinical experiences as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, the author explores the various dimensions of cloning. Clone Being attempts to anticipate possible consequences for a clone, his or her parents and family, and society. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Kerry Lynn Macintosh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139852104

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Human Cloning by Kerry Lynn Macintosh Pdf

Since Dolly the sheep was born, controversy has swirled around the technology of cloning. We recoil at the prospect of human copies, manufactured men and women, nefarious impersonators and resurrections of the dead. Such reactions have serious legal consequences: lawmakers have banned stem cell research along with the cloning of babies. But what if our minds have been playing tricks on us? What if everything we thought we knew about human cloning is rooted in intuition rather than fact? Human Cloning: Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences is a rollicking ride through science, psychology and the law. Drawing on sources ranging from science fiction films to the Congressional Record, this book unmasks the role that psychological essentialism has played in bringing about cloning bans. It explains how hidden intuitions have caused conservatives and liberals to act contrary to their own most cherished ideals and values.

Author : The President's Council on Bioethics,The President?s Council on Bioethics
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 150882231X

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Human Cloning and Human Dignity by The President's Council on Bioethics,The President?s Council on Bioethics Pdf

The prospect of human cloning burst into the public consciousness in 1997, following the announcement of the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep. It has since captured much attention and generated great debate, both in the United States and around the world. Many are repelled by the idea of producing children who would be genetically virtually identical to preexisting individuals, and believe such a practice unethical. But some see in such cloning the possibility to do good for infertile couples and the broader society. Some want to outlaw it, and many nations have done so. Others believe the benefits outweigh the risks and the moral concerns, or they oppose legislative interference with science and technology in the name of freedom and progress. Complicating the national dialogue about human cloning is the isolation in 1998 of human embryonic stem cells, which many scientists believe to hold great promise for understanding and treating many chronic diseases and conditions. Some scientists also believe that stem cells derived from cloned human embryos, produced explicitly for such research, might prove to be uniquely useful for studying many genetic diseases and devising novel therapies. Public reaction to this prospect has been mixed, with some Americans supporting it in the hope of advancing biomedical research and helping the sick and the suffering, while others are concerned about the instrumentalization or abuse of nascent human life and the resulting danger of moral insensitivity and degradation.

Author : Gregory E. Pence
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : 0847689824

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Flesh of My Flesh by Gregory E. Pence Pdf

A collection of articles by Stephen Jay Gould, Leon Kass, William Safire, Peter Steinfels, and other scientists, philosophers, bioethicists, theologians, and law professors on the ethics of human cloning.

Author : John Harris
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Human cloning
ISBN : 0415316995

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On Cloning by John Harris Pdf

John Harris presents an informed defence of human cloning, carefully exposing the rhetorical and highly dubious arguments against it. He shows that far from ending the diversity of human life, cloning has the power to improve and heal human life.

Author : Leon R. Kass
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1586481762

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Human Cloning and Human Dignity by Leon R. Kass Pdf

Few avenues of scientific inquiry raise more thorny ethical questions than the cloning of human beings, a radical way to control our DNA. In August 2001, in conjunction with his decision to permit limited federal funding for stem-cell research, President George W. Bush created the President's Council on Bioethics to address the ethical ramifications of biomedical innovation. Over the past year the Council, whose members comprise an all-star team of leading scientists, doctors, ethicists, lawyers, humanists, and theologians, has discussed and debated the pros and cons of cloning, whether to produce children or to aid in scientific research. This book is its insightful and thought-provoking report. The questions the Council members confronted do not have easy answers, and they did not seek to hide their differences behind an artificial consensus. Rather, the Council decided to allow each side to make its own best case, so that the American people can think about and debate these questions, which go to the heart of what it means to be a human being. Just as the dawn of the atomic age created ethical dilemmas for the United States, cloning presents us with similar quandaries that we are sure to wrestle with for decades to come.

Author : Silja Vöneky,Rüdiger Wolfrum
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401761741

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Human Dignity and Human Cloning by Silja Vöneky,Rüdiger Wolfrum Pdf

"Human Dignity and Human Cloning" contains contributions by philosophers, theologians and lawyers on legal and ethical questions concerning the reproductive and therapeutic cloning of human beings. The main focus lies on the admissibility of cloning in German Constitutional law as well as in public international law. As these legal questions cannot be answered without taking account of the ethical discussion, the topic is analyzed from different cultural and religious viewpoints.