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The Creation Lottery: Final Lessons from Natural Reproduction: Why Those Who Accept Natural Reproduction Should Accept Cloning and Other Frankenstein Reproductive Technologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2004

JULIAN SAVULESCU
Affiliation:
Julian Savulescu, Ph.D., is Uehiro Professor of Applied Ethics at the University of Oxford, England, Director of the Oxford Center for Applied Ethics, and Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics
JOHN HARRIS
Affiliation:
John Harris, D.Phil., is Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics, Institute of Medicine, Law, and Bioethics, School of Law, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Extract

Opponents of destructive embryo research, such as embryo rightists, as well as proponents accept that natural reproduction is permissible. There is an alternative to natural reproduction—to remain childless. John Harris began this series of articles by asking, what does a commitment to the permissibility of natural reproduction entail? Harris has argued that a commitment to the permissibility of natural reproduction entails a commitment to the permissibility of destructive embryo research. Julian Savulescu has denied this. However, there are significant areas in which our views have converged.

Type
THE GREAT DEBATES
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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