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Book SynopsisA medical ethicist offers a sober but ultimately encouraging assessment of the future of cloning, arguing ultimately that cloning will change the landscape of medicine and society in beneficial ways.
Trade ReviewIn Cloning After Dolly, Greg Pence uses his very sharp analytic scalpel to dissect and demolish the arguments of those who oppose cloning and other biotech innovations. -- John Robertson, University of Texas Law School
From Dolly's debut to the present, Greg Pence has been the leading voice of reason and compassion in the cloning debate. Once again he sallies forth with insight and humor to explode myths, expose prejudices, calm primitive fears, and replace science fiction hype with genuine human concerns. This is the most important book about cloning in years. -- Mark Eibert, California trial attorney and leading advocate for infertile couples
Greg Pence is a voice of reason in a debate roiled by emotion. Years from now, Cloning After Dolly will be cited as an example of wise and humane reasoning at a time when many people, including leading bioethicists, allowed fear to rule their thinking. -- Ronald M. Green, professor of ethics and religion, Dartmouth College
Cloning is the political powder keg of biotechnology today, and those in the pro-cloning camp will welcome this case against those they see, in Pence's words, as "the new Puritans of biotech." * Publishers Weekly *
A medical ethicist offers a sober but ultimately encouraging assessment of the future of cloning, arguing ultimately that cloning will change the landscape of medicine and society in beneficial ways. * Forecast *
The book is insightful and does a good job of battling media-fuelled prejudice. * Focus [Science and Technolgy] *
...Pence's book is an important contribution to the ongoing debate on cloning, and an interesting read for any concerned individual. -- Ken Wessen, The University of Westen Australia, Australia * European Legacy *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Political Theater of Cloning Chapter 2 How Cloning Will Surprise Us Chapter 3 What Cloning Tells Us about Ourselves Chapter 4 The Brave New World of Animal Cloning... Chapter 5 Cloning Endangered Species and Pets Chapter 6 Psst! Rael Wants to Sell You a Bridge in Brooklyn Chapter 7 Does Cloning Harm the Souls of Cloned Children? Chapter 8 Deciphering Cloning at the Earliest Stages of Life Chapter 9 Why the World Should Not Ban Cloning Chapter 10 Why Cloning Will Not Hurt Genetic Diversity Chapter 11 Actors, Feminists, Marxists & Cloning Chapter 12 Safe, Reproductive Cloning: Intrinsically Good Chapter 13 Risking My Baby Chapter 14 Should Cloned Kids be Outlaws Chapter 15 Prelude to Cloning: Ethics of the Artificial Womb Chapter 16 Humanzees, Transhumans, & Transgenic Species Chapter 17 Cloning the Great: Three Challenges Chapter 18 Gathering Darkness or Transhumanism?
