Cloning

by RUSE, MICHAELSHEPPARD, ARYNE

• ISBN13: 9781573928366
• ISBN10: 1573928364
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

With the birth of the cloned sheep named "Dolly", a technique once found only in science fiction has suddenly become reality, along with a host of new ethical, social, policy, and religious dilemmas. What is the potential of animal cloning in the research and treatment of human disease? How do the scientific facts differ from the public perception of cloning? Will it be possible to clone human beings in the near future? Are scientists playing God? Should the government regulate such research?These are just a few of the profound questions addressed in this timely collection of the most significant articles on the subject of cloning. Philosophers Michael Ruse and Aryne Sheppard have selected the work of leading scientists, medical ethicists, healthcare specialists, philosophers, and representatives of various religious denominations to create an overview of the many issues raised by this amazing scientific advance.In breadth of coverage and quality of the contributions, there is no comparablevolume to this excellent collection on one of the most important issues of the new century.

Table of Contents

General Introduction	11	(17)
I. Dolly
Section Introduction	17	(2)
The Debate about Dolly	19	(12)
A. J. Klotzko
Viable Offspring Derived from Fetal and Adult Mammalian Cells	31	(8)
I. Wilmut
A. E. Schnieke
J. McWhir
A. J. Kind
K. H. S. Campbell
The Birth of Cloning	39	(12)
J. B. Gurdon
II. Bioengineering: Animals and Plants
Section Introduction	49	(2)
Pandas and Cloning	51	(4)
C. Cockcroft
Dairy Gene	55	(9)
H. M. Meade
Brave New Rose	64	(6)
D. Concar
Send in the Clones ... Don't Bother, They're Here	70	(19)
B. Rollin
III. Human Cloning: The Questions of Dignity and Identity
Section Introduction	87	(2)
Clone, Clone on the Range	89	(5)
D. Coupland
Clone Mammals ... Clone Man?	94	(4)
A. Kahn
Individuality: Cloning and the Discomfiting Cases of Siamese Twins	98	(5)
S. J. Gould
Uniqueness, Individuality, and Human Cloning	103	(22)
D. Elliott
IV. Human Cloning: The Case Against
Section Introduction	123	(2)
The Wisdom of Repugnance	125	(28)
L. R. Kass
V. Human Cloning: The Case For
Section Introduction	151	(2)
The Ethics of Human Cloning	153	(19)
W. Glannon
Cloning and Human Dignity	172	(9)
J. Harris
VI. Human Cloning: Societal Questions
Section Introduction	179	(2)
Whose Self Is It, Anyway?	181	(8)
P. Kitcher
A Life in the Shadow: One Reason Why We Should Not Clone Humans	189	(5)
S. Holm
Human Cloning and Child Welfare	194	(15)
J. Burley
J. Harris
VII. Human Cloning: Medical Implications
Section Introduction	207	(2)
The Promise of Cloning for Human Medicine	209	(3)
R. Winston
Should We Clone Human Beings? Cloning as a Source of Tissue Transplantation	212	(19)
J. Savulescu
Human Reproductive Cloning Is Unethical Because It Undermines Autonomy: Commentary on Savulescu	231	(7)
R. Williamson
VIII. Religion: Official Statements
Section Introduction	235	(3)
Denominational Statements on Cloning	238	(15)
IX. Religion: Perspectives
Section Introduction	251	(2)
Cloning Humans from the Perspective of the Christian Churches	253	(16)
R. Cole-Turner
To Clone or Not to Clone---A Jewish Perspective	269	(6)
J. H. Lipschutz
Taboos without a Clue: Sizing Up Religious Objections to Cloning	275	(9)
R. A. Lindsay
X. Policy and Regulation
Section Introduction	281	(3)
Cloning Animals and Human Beings	284	(4)
The European Parliament
Ethical Aspects of Cloning Techniques	288	(9)
Advisors to the President of the European Commission on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology
Cloning Human Beings: Executive Summary	297	(7)
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
The Regulation of Technology	304	(5)
M. Warnock
Cloning: Then and Now	309	(6)
D. Callahan
Further Reading	315	(2)
Glossary	317	(12)
Contributors	329