Human cloning : four fallacies and their legal consequences /
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| Author / Creator: | Macintosh, Kerry Lynn. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge bioethics and law ; 21 Cambridge bioethics and law ; 21. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11831360 |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139845380 1139845381 9781139840651 1139840657 9781139410526 1139410520 9781139843027 1139843028 1283836386 9781283836388 9781107669598 1107669596 9781107031852 1107031850 |