Flesh of My Flesh: The Ethics of Cloning Humans A Reader / Edition 1

by Gregory E. Pence, George Annas, Stephen Jay Gould, George Johnson, Axel Kahn

Overview

The first book of its kind, Flesh of My Flesh is a collection of articles by today's most respected scientists, philosophers, bioethicists, theologians, and law professors about whether we should allow human cloning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847689828
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/19/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,173,090
Product dimensions:	6.56(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Gregory E. Pence is a medical ethicist with twenty years of experience reviewing significant cases in bioethics. He was one of the few bioethicists in North America to have publicly opposed President Clinton's ban on human cloning. He is professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and the author of Who's Afraid of Human Cloning? (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998) He lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Moving toward the Clonal Man: Is This What We Want?
Chapter 3 Don't Worry: A Brain Still Can't Be Cloned
Chapter 4 The Wisdom of Repugnance
Chapter 5 Begetting and Cloning
Chapter 6 Cloning Human Beings
Chapter 7 Whose Self Is It, Anyway?
Chapter 8 Scientific Discoveries and Cloning: Challenges for Public Policy
Chapter 9 Wrongful Life, Federalism, and Procreative Liberty: A Critique of the NBAC Cloning Report
Chapter 10 Dolly's Fashion and Louis's Passion
Chapter 11 Clone Mammals. .. Clone Man?
Chapter 12 Will Cloning Harm People?
Chapter 13 The Confusion over Cloning
Chapter 14 Our Children, Our Selves: The Meaning of Cloning for Gay People
Chapter 15 Index

Editorial Reviews

A highly accessible introduction to the scientific, moral, and political questions surrounding cloning.

Choice Reviews

Flesh of My Flesh distinguishes itself from the multitude of 'cloning' books on the market. An enjoyable overview of the ethics of cloning.. .. A good introduction to the subject.

Bulletin of Medical Ethics

A well-edited and invaluable resource for those who want to develop a comprehensive and rationally defendable ethical position on the issue of cloning humans.

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Original.

Forecast

The volume is a very useful one for the general reader and the specialist in bioethics. The essays are accessible and highly instructive. Anyone interested in recent developments in reproductive technologies will find it engaging.

Gabriel Palmer-Fernndez

This collection of papers is well suited to anyone wanting a diverse set of accessible opinions about human cloning.

Christian Perring Ph.D

A highly accessible introduction to the scientific, moral, and political questions surrounding cloning.

Choice

A highly accessible introduction to the scientific, moral, and political questions surrounding cloning.

CHOICE

Flesh of My Flesh distinguishes itself from the multitude of 'cloning' books on the market. An enjoyable overview of the ethics of cloning. . . . A good introduction to the subject.

Bulletin Of Medical Ethics

Written by distinguished scientists, law professors, theologians, and philosophers, these 13 provocative essays on the legal, medical, and moral implications of human cloning present a balanced view of the issues. If you buy only one book on the ethics of human cloning, get this one. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Reprints 13 essays representing a variety of views of whether people should be excited, disturbed, or indifferent to the prospect of human cloning. Except for a 1971 article by James D. Watson, they are all from 1997 and respond to the successful cloning of a sheep. The National Bioethics Advisory Commission and Stephen Jay Gould are among the contributors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

This collection of papers is well suited to anyone wanting a diverse set of accessible opinions about human cloning.

Christian Perring

The volume is a very useful one for the general reader and the specialist in bioethics. The essays are accessible and highly instructive. Anyone interested in recent developments in reproductive technologies will find it engaging.
— Gabriel Palmer-Fernndez, Youngstown State University

Religious Studies Review