Perhaps you could sympathize with those who seek to replace a dead child with a copy, or to copy a parent or a relative or even a celebrity.

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If one is seriously interested in preventing reproductive cloning, one must stop the process before...

If one is seriously interested in preventing reproductive cloning, one must stop the process before...

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and...

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.

Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own...

Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own...

Sexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman.

Sexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman.

The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important...

The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important...

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering...

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering...

There were certain questions about the foundations of morals that advances in science all threaten...

There were certain questions about the foundations of morals that advances in science all threaten...

I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites.

I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites.

Nobody knew in advance that in vitro fertilization would be, by and large, safe.

Nobody knew in advance that in vitro fertilization would be, by and large, safe.

As bad as it might be to destroy a creature made in God's image, it...

As bad as it might be to destroy a creature made in God's image, it...

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.

The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if...

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if...

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger...

Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger...

In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not...

In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not...

An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous...

An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous...

Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion.

Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion.

Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve...

Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve...

We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture.

We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture.