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Therapeutic and reproductive cloning: a critique

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This article is a critical examination of the science and ethics of human cloning. It summarises the key scientific milestones in the development of nuclear transplantation, explains the importance of cloning to research into the medical potential of embryonic stem cells, and discusses the well-worn distinction between 'therapeutic' and 'reproductive' cloning. Suggesting that this distinction will be impossible to police, it goes on to consider the ethics of full human cloning. It is concluded that it represents an unacceptable form of parental despotism, and that the genetic engineering and cloning of future human beings will fracture the foundations of modern humanism.

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  • Bowring, Finn, 2004. "Therapeutic and reproductive cloning: a critique," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 58(2), pages 401-409, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:58:y:2004:i:2:p:401-409
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    1. Shazia Kiyani & Sohaib Ahmed Hashmi, 2019. "The Emergent Bioethics of Human Cloning Debate in Global Context," Global Regional Review, Humanity Only, vol. 4(3), pages 145-153, September.
    2. Shepherd, Richard & Barnett, Julie & Cooper, Helen & Coyle, Adrian & Moran-Ellis, Jo & Senior, Victoria & Walton, Chris, 2007. "Towards an understanding of British public attitudes concerning human cloning," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 65(2), pages 377-392, July.

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