Kerry Lynn Macintosh

Human Cloning

Four Fallacies and Their Legal Consequences

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Produktbeschreibung

Unmasks the role of psychological essentialism in cloning bans, explaining how intuitions cause individuals to act against their own values.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 627g
• ISBN-13: 9781107031852
• ISBN-10: 1107031850
• Artikelnr.: 36683619

Autorenporträt

Kerry Lynn Macintosh is a member of the law and technology faculty at Santa Clara University School of Law. She received her BA from Pomona College and her JD from Stanford Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. Professor Macintosh is the author of Illegal Beings: Human Clones and the Law (2005). She has published articles in the field of law and technology in the Journal of Law, Technology and Policy; the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology; the Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law; the Berkeley Technology Law Journal and others. Professor Macintosh is a member of the American Law Institute, a law reform organization.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Science of Cloning: 1. Animals born through cloning are ordinary members of their species
2. Animals born through cloning are unique individuals and have their own lifespans
3. Humans born through cloning will be unique individuals and have their own lifespans
Part II. The Cognitive Psychology of Cloning: 4. Identity and essentialism
5. Artifacts and essentialism
6. Imposters and essentialism
7. Resurrection and essentialism
Part III. The Law of Cloning: 8. Essentialism and the law of reproductive cloning
9. Essentialism and the law of research cloning.