PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Human Cloning, Speciesism, Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
5 Apr 2016
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Human cloning: three mistakes and an alternative fran oise. Baylis there are other positive benefits of cloning, but we often (cid:1) think its bad b/c of the focus on reproductive reasons for cloning (cid:1) (cid:1) Baylis thesis: we should not fear cloning, we should regard it as a technology aiming to improve our quality of life, making us better individuals and a better species (cid:1) (cid:1) 1st attitude expresses our fear of cloning and out reaction of prohibitions of the replication of individuals. 2nd attitude shows a little more faith in science and is more complex (cid:1) Baylis both attitudes are not worth considering; there are three mistakes hidden in both types of attitudes toward cloning, which need to be addressed (cid:1) Mistakes: apparently, we feel quite complacent about a technology which is more earth-shattering and ground-breaking than we may think. (cid:1) (cid:1, cloning humans is unnatural.
