title: [Worldviews and philosophical basis of human cloning].
abstract: The article presents three standpoints on the question of moral permissibility of human cloning and shows the philosophical principles of it. 1. The moral consent to human cloning with the purposes of reproduction and therapy. The followers of human cloning refer to materialistic anthropology also to subjectivistic, relativistic and utilitarian ethics. 2. Those, who are adverse to human cloning with the purpose of reproduction, but they acquiesce to the so-called therapeutic cloning. They reject that human embryos and foetuses are individuals who come under protection of law. 3. Those, who reject human cloning for the purposes of reproduction and therapy alike. They assent to a personalistic anthropology and Christian ethics. A human being was created by God and human life begins at the moment of insemination. All three groups use various argumentation. The arguments for and against cloning are extracted from biology as well as psychology, philosophy, law and religion. The author of the article takes the last standpoint, but she does not see such arguments, that might convince the opposite parties to a suit.
authors.affiliation: Wydzial Filozofii i Estetyki, Zaklad Etyki i Estetyki, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, Pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 4, 20-031 Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Lukowska
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D028663:Ethical Theory; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028723:Personhood; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012070:Religion and Science; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics*