title: Much ado about cloning in the public square.
abstract: The dawnings of the age of human cloning and genetics is shaping lives, ideologies, and social structures. How will we--as individuals and as communities--respond to the possibilities, challenges, and changes of the clone age? This essay invites engagement in communal moral deliberation through broadening conversations about serious matters, including human cloning. A framework that includes important moral markers for significant "kitchen table talk" is offered. Clone age justice is also discussed. Attention is paid to the renewed role of religious voices in the public square.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Healthcare Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D001709:Biotechnology; D002140:California; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000941:ethics*; D003256:Community Participation; D005380:Financing, Government; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D011640:Public Policy; D012067:Religion; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013234:Stem Cells; D035501:Uncertainty