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Human Cloning Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences

Author: Kerry Lynn Macintosh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107031852
Published In: October 2012
Format: Hardback , 320 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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Since Dolly the sheep was born, controversy has swirled around the technology of cloning. We recoil at the prospect of human copies, manufactured men and women, nefarious impersonators and resurrections of the dead. Such reactions have serious legal consequences: lawmakers have banned stem cell research along with the cloning of babies. But what if our minds have been playing tricks on us? What if everything we thought we knew about human cloning is rooted in intuition rather than fact? Human Cloning: Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences is a rollicking ride through science, psychology and the law. Drawing on sources ranging from science fiction films to the Congressional Record, this book unmasks the role that psychological essentialism has played in bringing about cloning bans. It explains how hidden intuitions have caused conservatives and liberals to act contrary to their own most cherished ideals and values.

• Takes an interdisciplinary approach that addresses the science, psychology and law of cloning

• Debunks common arguments against human cloning discussing the science behind cloning and tracing the link between psychological essentialism and cloning laws in the United States

List of Tables	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Part I The Science of Cloning	1
1 Animals Born Through Cloning Are Ordinary Members of Their Species	7
2 Animals Born Through Cloning Are Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans	27
3 Humans Born Through Cloning Will Be Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans	43
Summary of Part I	61
Part II The Cognitive Psychology of Cloning	63
4 Identity and Essentialism	69
5 Artifacts and Essentialism	103
6 Impostors and Essentialism	125
7 Resurrection and Essentialism	147
Summary of Part II	165
Part III The Law of Cloning	171
8 Essentialism and the Law of Reproductive Cloning	175
9 Essentialism and the Law of Research Cloning	199
Conclusion	221
Notes	233
Index	303