Human Cloning : Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences.
Unmasks the role of psychological essentialism in cloning bans, explaining how intuitions cause individuals to act against their own values.
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Macintosh, Kerry Lynn. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Human Cloning : |b Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- HUMAN CLONING -- CAMBRIDGE BIOETHICS AND LAW -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: THE SCIENCE OF CLONING -- 1 Animals Born Through Cloning Are Ordinary Members of Their Species -- A. Which Species Have Been Cloned? -- 1. Which Species Are Most Commonly Cloned? -- B. How Efficient Is Animal Cloning? -- 1. Cattle -- a) Genetic Abnormalities -- b) Reprogramming -- c) Technical Elements -- 2. Mice -- a) Cell Type and Genotype -- b) X Chromosome Inactivation -- c) Chemical Treatments -- C. Are Animals Born through Cloning Ordinary Members of Their Species? -- 1. Large Offspring Syndrome -- 2. The Health Profile of Animals Born Through Cloning -- 3. Cloned Burgers, Anyone? -- 4. Role of the Placenta -- 5. Summary -- 2 Animals Born Through Cloning Are Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans -- A. Influences on Phenotype -- 1. Genetic Influences -- 2. Epigenetic Influences -- 3. Environmental Influences -- B. The Individuality of Animals Born through Cloning -- 1. Genetic Influences -- 2. Epigenetic Influences -- 3. Environmental Influences -- C. Animals Born Through Cloning and Resurrection -- 1. Animals Born Through Cloning Are Babies -- 2. Telomeres -- 3. Longevity -- D. Summary -- 3 Humans Born Through Cloning Will Be Unique Individuals and Have Their Own Lifespans -- A. The Science of Human Cloning -- B. Humans Born Through Cloning will be Individuals -- 1. Genetic Influences -- a) Mutations -- b) Copy Number Variations -- c) Mitochondrial DNA -- 2. Epigenetic Influences -- a) X Chromosome Inactivation -- b) Gestational Factors -- c) Postnatal Factors -- 3. Environmental Influences -- C. Humans Born through Cloning Will Not Be Resurrections of the Dead -- D. Humans Born through Cloning Will Be Ordinary Members of Our Species -- SUMMARY OF PART I. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a PART II: THE COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLONING -- 4 Identity and Essentialism -- A. Psychological Essentialism: Animals, Plants, and Humans -- B. What is the Origin of Psychological Essentialism? -- C. The Identity Fallacy and Essentialism -- 1. The Identity Fallacy in Popular Culture -- 2. The Identity Fallacy in Media Accounts -- 3. The Identity Fallacy in Government Reports -- a) Diminished Individuality -- b) Eugenic Cloning -- c) Reduced Genetic Diversity -- d) Dysfunctional Families -- 4. Making Sense of the Identity Fallacy -- a) The Metamorphosis from Individual to Kind -- b) Small Numbers of Humans Born Through Cloning -- c) Summary -- 5 Artifacts and Essentialism -- A. The Essentialist View of Artifacts -- 1. Why Do Humans Treat Intended Function as the Essence of Artifact Kinds? -- B. How Are Human Beings Conceptualized Differently than Artifacts? -- C. The Artifact Fallacy and Essentialism -- 1. The Artifact Fallacy in Popular Culture -- 2. The Artifact Fallacy in Media Accounts -- 3. The Artifact Fallacy in Government Reports -- a) Human Cloning is Unnatural -- b) Human Cloning Is a Form of Manufacture -- c) Humans Born Through Cloning Lack an Open Future -- 4. Using Psychological Essentialism to Make Sense of the Artifact Fallacy -- a) Asexual Reproduction -- b) Manufactured Products -- D. Summary -- 6 Impostors and Essentialism -- A. Psychological Essentialism and the Individual -- 1. Historical Path and the Essence of the Individual -- 2. Body Parts and the Essence of the Individual -- 3. The Origin of Essentialist Intuitions about the Individual -- B. Popular Culture and Essentialism -- 1. The Impostor Fallacy in Popular Culture -- 2. Making Sense of the Impostor Fallacy in Popular Culture -- a) Historical Path and Severed Body Parts -- b) Monozygotic Multiples -- C. Media Accounts, Government Reports, and Essentialism. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 1. Making Sense of the Impostor Fallacy in Media Accounts and Government Reports -- D. Essentialist Intuitions about the Individual and the Identity Fallacy -- E. Summary -- 7 Resurrection and Essentialism -- A. The Resurrection Fallacy in Popular Culture -- 1. Who Is Resurrected? -- 2. Scientific Errors in Resurrection Stories -- a) Looks and Personality -- b) Memories -- 3. Organ Donors -- B. The Resurrection Fallacy in Media Accounts -- 1. Dictators Who Never Die -- 2. Cloning Loved Ones -- 3. Premature Aging -- C. The Resurrection Fallacy in Government Reports -- 1. Cloning Loved Ones -- 2. Shortened Telomeres -- 3. Research Cloning -- D. Making Sense of the Resurrection Fallacy -- 1. The Essence of the Individual -- 2. Essentialism and the Resurrection Fallacy -- 3. Organ Donors -- E. Summary -- SUMMARY OF PART II -- PART III: THE LAW OF CLONING -- 8 Essentialism and the Law of Reproductive Cloning -- A. Public Opinion -- 1. 1997 Polls -- 2. 2001 Time/CNN Poll -- B. Federal Law -- 1. Food and Drug Administration -- 2. Bills that Propose a Total Ban -- 3. Bills that Propose a Ban on Reproductive Cloning Only -- C. State Laws -- D. Essentialism and the Law -- E. Consequences -- 1. Do Cloning Bans Undermine Reproductive Freedom? -- 2. Do Cloning Bans Undermine Egalitarianism? -- a) Adults who Need Cloning to Procreate -- b) Humans Born Through Cloning -- F. Summary -- 9 Essentialism and the Law of Research Cloning -- A. Stem Cells: Science and Ethics -- 1. Stem Cells from Cloned Human Embryos -- 2. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells -- B. Federal Laws -- 1. The Legality of Embryonic Stem Cell Research -- 2. The Legality of Research Cloning -- a) Do Cloned Embryos have the same Moral Status as Other Embryos? -- b) Is it Ethical to Clone Embryos for Research? -- c) Will Research Cloning Lead to Reproductive Cloning?. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3. Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research -- C. State Laws -- 1. Research Cloning -- D. Essentialism and the Law -- 1. Why Do Some Politicians Deny that Cloned Embryos Are Embryos and Refuse Them Legal Protection Against Destruction? -- 2. What Do Slippery Slope Arguments Imply about Political Reactions to Research Cloning? -- E. Consequences -- 1. How Conservatives Act Against Their Own Interests -- 2. How Liberals Act Against Their Own Interests -- F. Summary -- Conclusion -- A. Lessons from History -- B. Unveiling the Opponent -- C. Changing the Politics and Law of Human Cloning -- 1. Scientists -- a) Fairness to Children -- b) Promoting Science -- 2. Politicians -- a) The Need for Updated Reports -- b) Ideology and Legacy -- 3. Legal Alternatives -- D. Beyond Human Cloning -- Notes -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a Unmasks the role of psychological essentialism in cloning bans, explaining how intuitions cause individuals to act against their own values. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. | ||
| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Human cloning -- United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human cloning -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human cloning -- Law and legislation -- United States. | |
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