Reproductive Cloning: Can Cloning Harm the Clone?

Reproductive cloning: can cloning harm the clone?

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Cloning and harm to offspring.

First I think one good way to look at the cloning issue,1 is to remember what Descartes asked you to imagine: a different sort of world, though not one in which an evil genius is running things or you are only dreaming.2 Rather, imagine you are under a massive delusion about the way in which you were actually produced. Everything about you remains as you are now, except that you are not the pro...

The ethics of reproductive cloning.

The ethics of human reproductive cloning.

This article addresses the question of whether human reproductive cloning could be ethically justifiable in at least some cases involving infertile couples who would choose cloning as a way to have a genetically related child. At present, the risk of congenital anomalies constitutes a compelling argument against human reproductive cloning. The article explores whether reproductive cloning could...

Can cloning save endangered species?

Efforts to clone some rare, endangered and even extinct species have created controversy amongst conservation bodies who think resources could be much better directed. Kenneth Lee reports.