Cloning: At Issue (2003)
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- This article is about the second edition of Cloning: At Issue; for the first edition see Cloning: At Issue (1998).
Cloning is a book, in the At Issue series, presenting selections from essays covering varying opinions on the subject of cloning. It was edited by Bruno Leone.
It was published by Greenhaven Press (Farmington Hills) in 2003 as a 93-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-1338-0) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-1339-9).
[edit] Contents
| Viewpoint | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1. Human Cloning Is Dehumanizing | Leon R. Kass | Excerpt from "Preventing a Brave New World," The New Republic, 21 May 2001. |
| 2. Human Cloning Is Unethical | Thomas A. Shannon | Reprint of "The Rush to Clone," America, 10 September 2001. |
| 3. Cloning Is a Crime Against the Clone | George J. Annas | Excerpt from Some Choice: Law, Medicine, and the Market (Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-511832-4). |
| 4. The Judeo-Christian Argument Against Cloning | Stephen G. Post | Excerpt from "[www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=PubMed&list_uids=11660349&dopt=Abstract The Judeo-Christian Case Against Human Cloning]" in America, June 21-28, 1997. |
| 5. Arguments Favoring Human Cloning Are Wrong | Lane P. Lester and James C. Hefley | Excerpt from Human Cloning: Playing God or Scientific Progress? (Fleming H. Ravell, 1998, ISBN 0-8007-5668-1). |
| 6. Human Cloning Will Distort Parenthood | Sondra Wheeler | Excerpt from "Contingency, Tragedy, and the Virtues of Parenting," in Beyond Cloning: Religion and the Remaking of Humanity by Ronald Cole-Turner (Trinity Press International, 2001, ISBN 1-56338-317-9). |
| 7. Cloning Harms Animals | Andrew Breslin | Reprint of "Notes from a Brave New Farm," Anti-Vivisection, Summer 1997. |
| 8. Cloning Can Help Humans and Animals | Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell, and Colin Tudge | Excerpt from The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000, ISBN 0-374-14123-1; Harvard University Press, reprint edition, 2001, paperback ISBN 0-674-00586-4 and library binding, rebound by Sagebrush, 2001, ISBN 0-613-91930-0). |
| 9. A Personal Defense of Human Cloning | Jonathan Colvin | Reprint of "Me, My Clone, and I (or In Defense of Human Cloning)," Humanist, May, 2000. |
| 10. Religion Should Not Influence Public Policy on Cloning | Gregory E. Pence | Excerpt from Who’s Afraid of Human Cloning? (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998, paperback ISBN 0-8476-8782-1 and hardcover ISBN 0-8476-8781-3). |
| 11. Human Cloning May Fit Into Our Changing World | Glenn McGee | Excerpt from The Perfect Baby: Parenthood in the New World of Cloning and Genetics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, paperback ISBN 0-8476-9759-2 and hardcover ISBN 0-8476-9758-4). |
| 12. There Is Nothing Inherently Wrong With Human Cloning | Richard Dawkins | Reprint of "What's Wrong with Cloning?," in Clones and Clones: Facts and Fantasies About Human Cloning edited by Martha C. Nussbaum and Cass R. Sunstein (W.W. Norton & Co., 1998, hardcover ISBN 0-393-04648-6 and paperback ISBN 0-393-32001-4). |
| 13. The Media and Politics Are Undermining Cloning Research | Robert A. Weinberg | Reprint of "Of Clones and Clowns," The Atlantic Monthly, June 2002. |
| Organizations to Contact | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Index |
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