PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Speciesism, Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, Human Cloning
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Francoise baylis"s thesis: we should not only not fear cloning, but we should regard it as a technology aiming at improving our quality of life, making us better individuals and a better species. The first attitude expresses our fear of cloning and our reaction of prohibition of the replication of individuals. The second attitude shows a little more faith in science and is more complex. According to some, the law, which prohibits replication of individuals, is only a temporary maneuver to preclude the misuse of clinging, and make its practice safe. Proponents of the latter view believe that cloning is an irresistible scientific and technological challenge and we cannot prevent it from happening. The second attitude also points to the fact that lining is a type of reproductive technology with a clear commercial side (once it becomes for sale", there will always be buyers).