Human Cloning: Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences

Kerry Lynn Macintosh

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139410526

Since Dolly the sheep was born, controversy has swirled around the technology of cloning. We recoil at the prospect of human copies, manufactured men and women, nefarious impersonators and resurrections of the dead. Such reactions have serious legal consequences: lawmakers have banned stem cell research along with the cloning of babies. But what if our minds have been playing tricks on us? What if everything we thought we knew about human cloning is rooted in intuition rather than fact? Human Cloning: Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences is a rollicking ride through science, psychology and the law. Drawing on sources ranging from science fiction films to the Congressional Record, this book unmasks the role that psychological essentialism has played in bringing about cloning bans. It explains how hidden intuitions have caused conservatives and liberals to act contrary to their own most cherished ideals and values.

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Four Fallacies and Their Legal Consequences
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Introduction
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Part I - The Science of Cloning
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1 - Animals Born Through Cloning Are Ordinary Members of Their Species
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2 - Animals Born Through Cloning Are Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans
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3 - Humans Born Through Cloning Will Be Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans
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Summary of Part I
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PART II - The Cognitive Psychology of Cloning
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4 - Identity and Essentialism
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5 - Artifacts and Essentialism
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6 - Impostors and Essentialism
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7 - Resurrection and Essentialism
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Summary of Part II
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Part III - The Law of Cloning
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8 - Essentialism and the Law of Reproductive Cloning
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9 - Essentialism and the Law of Research Cloning
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Conclusion
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Contents

Human Cloning - Half title page
pp i-ii

Series page
pp iii-iv

Human Cloning - Title page
pp v-v

Copyright page
pp vi-vi

Dedication
pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Tables
pp xi-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction
pp xv-xvi

Part I - The Science of Cloning
pp 1-62

1 - Animals Born Through Cloning Are Ordinary Members of Their Species
pp 7-26

2 - Animals Born Through Cloning Are Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans
pp 27-42

3 - Humans Born Through Cloning Will Be Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans
pp 43-60

Summary of Part I
pp 61-62

PART II - The Cognitive Psychology of Cloning
pp 63-170

4 - Identity and Essentialism
pp 69-102

5 - Artifacts and Essentialism
pp 103-124

6 - Impostors and Essentialism
pp 125-146

7 - Resurrection and Essentialism
pp 147-164

Summary of Part II
pp 165-170

Part III - The Law of Cloning
pp 171-232

8 - Essentialism and the Law of Reproductive Cloning
pp 175-198

9 - Essentialism and the Law of Research Cloning
pp 199-220

Conclusion
pp 221-232

Notes
pp 233-302

Index
pp 303-307

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