As a scientific achievement of the modern world, cloning has caused both fears and hopes for the future of the humankind. It is categorized into human and non-human cloning, each of which are subdivided into therapeutic and reproductive subtypes. Of these subtypes, only the reproductive category has produced much controversy, but there is not much debate on animal cloning. Human cloning for the...

Human cloning is one of the most controversial issues in ethics. This paper, with analytic-descriptive method, deals with Kant;aposs principle of ends and permission or prohibition of human cloning from its point of view. According to Kant;aposs principle of ends, any action in which humanity is taken as a means, not as an end, is prohibited. There are different interpretations of taking humani...

Cloning, as a new technology, has attracted the attention of statesmen, physicians, lawyers and other scientific communities. This phenomenon both opens a new horizon on human society regarding its therapeutic features and brings some concerns to it. This technology is divided into two parts: Human or generative cloning and therapeutic or investigative cloning. The first meaning which comes to ...

Divine religions have adopted various stances regarding cloning, and the Jewish faith has likewise examined the issue and investigated both its classifications. The present paper is a case study of the viewpoints of Jewish scholars on both reproductive and therapeutic cloning. The results showed that regarding therapeutic cloning, Jewish scholars believe in three different viewpoints: impermis...

Background and purpose: In recent years, the importance of human cloning is discussed by researchers. But its scientific and legal advantages and disadvantages have received less attention. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of human cloning according to sporadic legal and scientific viewpoints and Islamic jurisprudence. Materials and metho...