[Therapeutic and reproductive cloning--remarks for the point of view of medical ethics and anthropology].
Cloning may be done for scientific, therapeutic or reproductive purposes. Whereas these purposes are ethically speaking considered beneficial, the opinions on the protection of the embryo and the protection of possible future children are highly controversial. Arguing upon a background of anthropological insights, the role of nature and the aim of medical intervention, the significance of the non-disposability of initial and developmental conditions for human freedom and the equality of and between humans is investigated.
Woopen
Christiane
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Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin, Universität zu Köln. Woopen@t-online.de
D000883:Anthropology / Q000592:standards*; D001675:Bioethics; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000592:standards*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*