"Being human": cloning and the challenges for public policy.
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چکیده
Ethicists, scientists, lawyers, theologians, and journalists responded with colorful scenarios when Dr. Ian Wilmut announced that he successfully cloned an adult mammal. In an effort to ethically fathom Dolly's significance, they imagined cloning as (1) a foreign despot's technique for creating a master race; (2) a greedy entrepreneur's technique for producing "celebrity" embryos for sale; (3) a bereft parent's technique for replacing a dying child; (4) a desperate patient's technique for creating organs or tissue to harvest; and (5) a narcissist's technique for ensuring his immortality .
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hofstra law review
دوره 27 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999