Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry

Abstract

Position Number One 133 (a) What is owed to the cloned embryo?134 (i) The possibility of twinning 136 (ii) The moral significance of pregnancy and implantation 136 (iii) The significance of the developed human form 137 (iv) The meaning of "special respect" 138 (b) The problem of deliberate creation for use in research 140 (c) Development and use of cloned embryos beyond the earliest stages 142 (d) Exploitation of women who are egg donors 143 (e) The connection to cloning-to-produce-children 144 (f) Conclusion 146 2.