Flesh of My Flesh

The Ethics of Cloning Humans A Reader

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Cloning is one of the most hotly debated issues to have hit the world news in years. The first book of its kind. Flesh of My Flesh is a collection of articles by today's most-respected scientists, philosophers, bioethicists, theologians, and law professors about whether we should allow human cloning. The book includes historical pieces to provide background for the current debate. Religious, philosophical, and legal points of view are all represented. Flesh of My Flesh offers a fascinating and comprehensive look at this important and complex issue.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-05-19
Mått167 x 228 x 14 mm
Vikt254 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor176
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847689828

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Gregory E. Pence is a medical ethicist with twenty years of experience reviewing significant cases in bioethics. He was one of the few bioethicists in North America to have publicly opposed President Clinton's ban on human cloning. He is professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and the author of Who's Afraid of Human Cloning? (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998) He lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Moving toward the Clonal Man: Is This What We Want?Chapter 3 Don't Worry: A Brain Still Can't Be ClonedChapter 4 The Wisdom of RepugnanceChapter 5 Begetting and CloningChapter 6 Cloning Human BeingsChapter 7 Whose Self Is It, Anyway?Chapter 8 Scientific Discoveries and Cloning: Challenges for Public PolicyChapter 9 Wrongful Life, Federalism, and Procreative Liberty: A Critique of the NBAC Cloning ReportChapter 10 Dolly's Fashion and Louis's PassionChapter 11 Clone Mammals . . . Clone Man?Chapter 12 Will Cloning Harm People?Chapter 13 The Confusion over CloningChapter 14 Our Children, Our Selves: The Meaning of Cloning for Gay PeopleChapter 15 Index