The Moral Imperative for Human Cloning. Ian Wilmut.
by Wilmut, Ian; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 8Human Relations. Publisher: New Scientist, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Bioethics | Embryonic stem cells | Healing | Human cloning | Human cloning -- Moral and ethical aspects | Medicine -- Research | Therapeutic cloning | Therapeutics -- ResearchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Many people object to the idea of any human cloning research, even for medical reasons, claiming it will inevitably open the door to reproductive cloning or, more generally, that experimenting with embryos is immoral. I believe the opposite: cloning promises such great benefits that it would be immoral not to do it." (NEW SCIENTIST) The author argues that due to its potential to cure diseases, "human cloning must not be banned. It could save many thousands of lives."Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Moral Imperative for Human Cloning, Feb. 21, 2004; pp. 16-17.
"Many people object to the idea of any human cloning research, even for medical reasons, claiming it will inevitably open the door to reproductive cloning or, more generally, that experimenting with embryos is immoral. I believe the opposite: cloning promises such great benefits that it would be immoral not to do it." (NEW SCIENTIST) The author argues that due to its potential to cure diseases, "human cloning must not be banned. It could save many thousands of lives."
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