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Human cloning and child welfare.

J Burley1, J Harris

  • 1University of Manchester.

Journal of Medical Ethics
|May 5, 1999
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Human cloning objections based on child welfare (H1-H3) are not sufficient to ban the practice. Permissible cloning requires that resulting harms do not blight the cloned child's existence.

Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Reproductive Technologies
  • Human Cloning

Background:

  • Ethical objections to human cloning often center on potential harm to the cloned child.
  • Three specific welfare concerns include societal prejudice (H1), parental expectations (H2), and awareness of genetic origins (H3).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the validity of child welfare objections against human reproductive cloning.
  • To determine if potential harms necessitate a complete ban on cloning technology.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of ethical arguments.
  • Examination of hypothetical harms (H1-H3) associated with human cloning.
  • Development of a conditional permissibility argument for cloning.
Keywords:
Analytical ApproachGenetics and Reproduction

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Main Results:

  • The identified welfare harms (H1-H3) do not inherently provide compelling reasons to prohibit human reproductive cloning.
  • The permissibility of cloning is contingent on the severity of induced welfare deficits.

Conclusions:

  • Human reproductive cloning may be permissible if cloning-induced welfare deficits do not significantly impair the cloned individual's life.
  • Ethical permissibility hinges on ensuring the cloned child's well-being is not blighted, irrespective of their origins.