Cloning: usurpation of God or exercise of the capacity He has given to us?

Authors

  • Marcos de Almeida Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Escola Paulista de Medicina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2770.v8i1-2p7-12

Keywords:

Cloning, organism/legislation & jurisprudence. Ethics, medical. Cloning, molecular.

Abstract

After making a brief story of cloning in the world the author establishes a sort of classification of cloning, sugests the steps to be taken and summarizes some barriers to be overtaken. After that makes some reflexions on the issue and uses some arguments founded on practical reasons to deffend therapeutic cloning. He ends by saying that any absolute prohibition is morally unjustified, puts upside down the conception of dignity, besides being a theological heresy. The aparent strenght of the impulse to banish cloning, seems to come from a tremendous nostalgia some people possess by the Middle Ages.

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Author Biography

  • Marcos de Almeida, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Escola Paulista de Medicina.
    Professor Titular da Disciplina de Medicina Legal e Bioética da Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Escola Paulista de Medicina.

Published

2003-11-07

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How to Cite

Cloning: usurpation of God or exercise of the capacity He has given to us?. (2003). Saúde Ética & Justiça , 8(1-2), 7-12. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2770.v8i1-2p7-12