Skip to main content

Why is it Morally Wrong to Clone a Human Being? How to Evaluate Arguments of Biopolitics, Biomorality, and Bioethics

  • Chapter
Bioethics in a Small World

Part of the book series: Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ((ETHICSSCI,volume 24))

  • 567 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Austin J (1954) The Province of Jurisprudence Determined, ed. H. L. A. Hart. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

    Google Scholar 

  • Bennett J (1963) “Whatever the Consequences”, Analysis 26, pp 83–102

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Birnbacher D (1989) “Gefährdet die moderne Reproduktionsmedizin die menschliche Würde?”, Information Philosophie, March 1989, pp 5–15

    Google Scholar 

  • Eser A (1985) Genetik, Gen-Ethik, Gen-Recht? Rechtspolitische Überlegungen zum Umgang mit menschlichem Erbgut. In: Flöhl R (ed) Genforschung — Fluch oder Segen? Interdisziplinäre Stellungnahmen. München: J. Schweitzer Verlag, pp 248–258

    Google Scholar 

  • Gethmann CF (2002) “Ethische Anmerkungen zur Diskussion um den moralischen Status des menschlichen Embryos”, RichterZeitung, March 2002, pp. 204–208

    Google Scholar 

  • Hart HLA (1958) Legal and Moral Obligation. In: Melden AI (ed) Essays in Moral Philosophy. Seattle: University of Washington Press, pp 82–107

    Google Scholar 

  • Hart HLA (1963) Law, Liberty and Morality. London and Oxford: Oxford University Press

    Google Scholar 

  • Jonas H (1981) “Laßt uns einen Menschen klonieren. Betrachtungen zur Aussicht genetischer Versuche mit uns selbst.” Public lecture on May 12, 1981, in the Salzburg studio of the Austrian broadcasting corporation

    Google Scholar 

  • Jonas H (2001) “Wir klonen einen Menschen” (Extracts from Jonas 1981, with comments). Radio program, broadcasted on May 30, 2001, by the Austrian broadcasting station Ö1 (“Salzburger Nachtstudio”)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kluxen W (1986) “Fortpflanzungstechnologien und Menschenwürde”, Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie 11, pp. 1–15

    Google Scholar 

  • Sartre JP (2002) Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben — Philosophische Schriften 4: Der Existentialismus ist ein Humanismus und andere philosophische Essays 1943–1948. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 2nd edition

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2005 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Morscher, E. (2005). Why is it Morally Wrong to Clone a Human Being? How to Evaluate Arguments of Biopolitics, Biomorality, and Bioethics. In: Thiele, F., Ashcroft, R.E., Wütscher, F. (eds) Bioethics in a Small World. Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26951-7_10

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26951-7_10

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-23595-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-26951-9

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics