Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics

Daniel Sperling

Publications

• Review Article
  Bringing Life from Death: Is There a Good Justification for Posthumous Cloning?
  Author(s): Daniel SperlingDaniel Sperling
  
  Although speculative and ethically controversial, cloning a dead person may be scientifically possible as more experimentation on dead animals continues. The article proposes that posthumous cloning may be justifiable in cases where the dead expressed their wishes to be cloned, or when next-of-kin seek to extend the impact of the dead on the living. Under this argument, justification for posthumous cloning does not stem from the concept of reproductive autonomy but from one’s interest in the recognition of one’s symbolic existence. Hence, posthumous cloning promotes the recognition in the symbolic existence of the dead (through the cloned), and indirectly enriches the social image, sense of identity and relational autonomy of the cloned. Seen in this way, cloning should not be regarded as an act which violates human dignity or that instrumentalizes the cloned. Howeve.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9627.S1-001

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