title: [Moral aspects of human cloning and relations between humans].
abstract: It is usually assumed that there is a strong logical relationship between traditional worldviews and attitudes towards human cloning. I argue that the association is contingent, which can be seen in the analysis of arguments of such leading bioethicists as G. J. Annas, H. Jonas, and J. A. Robertson. Traditional worldviews lack conceptual resources that would enable them to provide normative conclusions about cloning. It is therefore mistake to look to these traditional worldviews in search for moral instruction. Instead, one should appeal to knowledge of psychological and social aspects of human life, and in particular to the process of emotional ties which form relations between humans.
authors.affiliation: Zaklad Etyki Instytutu Filozofii, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 3, 00-047 Warszawa, Poland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lukow
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009014:Morals; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012070:Religion and Science