apparently healthy human clone, however, would deflate the criticism of cloning scientists including Ian Wilmut and Rudolf Jaenisch, who extrapolate from the animal experiments that the risk for the cloned baby would be unacceptably high. On the contrary, if failed attempts at reproductive cloning became public, there could possibly be an enormous political backlash which might also affect anim...

Cloning in all of its aspects has captured the imagination of scientists and the general public alike; the issue has engendered considerable controversy and violently opposing opinions. As witnessed during recent hearings held by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the safety of human reproductive cloning, not to mention the legal, moral, ethical, or theological implications, can provoke ra...

The possibility of cloning humans challenges deeply held beliefs about creation and mankind’s relationship with God. If God is seen as the only Creator and creation as a completed act, then there would be no right for man to tamper with it. Others, however, regard God as the Power of Creation and creation as a transformative process, and therefore find a role for human participation. Some Jewis...

The issue of human reproductive cloning has recently received a great deal attention in public discourse. Bioethicists, policy makers, and the media have been quick to identify the key ethical issues involved in human reproductive cloning and to argue, almost unanimously, for an international ban on such attempts. Meanwhile, scientists have proceeded with extensive research agendas in the cloni...

BACKGROUND Extant surveys of people's attitudes towards human reproductive cloning focus on moral judgements alone, not emotional reactions or sentiments. This is especially important given that some (especially Leon Kass) have argued against such cloning on the ground that it engenders widespread negative emotions, like disgust, that provide a moral guide. OBJECTIVE To provide some data on e...

Fictional filmic representations of human cloning have shifted in relation to the 1997 announcement of the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep, and since therapeutic human cloning became a scientific practice in the early twentieth century. The operation and detail of these shifts can be seen through an analysis of the films The Island (2005) and Aeon Flux (2005). These films provide a site for the...