Flesh of My Flesh The Ethics of Cloning Humans A Reader

by Pence, Gregory E.; Annas, George; Gould, Stephen Jay; Johnson, George; Kahn, Axel; Kass, Leon; Kitcher, Philip; Lewontin, R C.; Meilaender, Gilbert; Murphy, Timothy F.; Advisory Commission, National Bioethics; Roberts, Chief Justice John; Watson, James D.

• ISBN13: 9780847689811
• ISBN10: 0847689816
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-04
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

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. It includes historical pieces to provide background for the current debate. Religious, philosophical, and legal points of view are all represented.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	vii	(2)
INTRODUCTION	ix
CHAPTER ONE Moving toward the Clonal Man: Is This What We Want?	1	(8)
James D. Watson
CHAPTER TWO Don't Worry: A Brain Still Can't Be Cloned	9	(4)
George Johnson
CHAPTER THREE The Wisdom of Repugnance	13	(26)
Leon Kass
CHAPTER FOUR Begetting and Cloning	39	(6)
Gilbert Meilaender
CHAPTER FIVE Cloning Human Beings	45	(22)
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
CHAPTER SIX Whose Self Is It, Anyway?	67	(10)
Philip Kitcher
CHAPTER SEVEN Scientific Discoveries and Cloning: Challenges for Public Policy	77	(8)
George Annas
CHAPTER EIGHT Wrongful Life, Federalism, and Procreative Liberty: A Critique of the NBAC Cloning Report	85	(16)
John Robertson
CHAPTER NINE Dolly's Fashion and Louis's Passion	101	(10)
Stephen Jay Gould
CHAPTER TEN Clone Mammals...Clone Man?	111	(4)
Axel Kahn
CHAPTER ELEVEN Will Cloning Harm People?	115	(14)
Gregory E. Pence
CHAPTER TWELVE The Confusion over Cloning	129	(12)
R. C. Lewontin
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Our Children, Our Selves: The Meaning of Cloning for Gay People	141	(10)
Timothy F. Murphy
INDEX	151	(4)
ABOUT THE EDITOR	155