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Clone Being: Exploring the Psychological and Social Dimensions

Clone Being: Exploring the Psychological and Social Dimensions

Levick, Stephen E.

Paperback

PhilosophyBiology

ISBN10: 0742529908
ISBN13: 9780742529908
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Dec 9 2003
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.82 Depth: 8.88
Language: English

Most people think the risks of reproductive cloning are so high as to make trying to clone a person immoral. Even if the medical risks could be reduced greatly, many believe a clone would still risk great psychological harm, and that the practice of reproductive cloning would also be detrimental to society. Others dismiss these concerns as speculative, and point to the possible good they believe it could do. But we need not wait for the first clone to be born to systematically consider the possible psychological and social ramifications of cloning.

Marshalling psychological and sociological theory and research, and drawing upon extensive clinical experiences as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Levick explores the various dimensions of cloning. Clone Being attempts to anticipate possible consequences for a clone, his or her parents and family, and society. Psychotherapy case material enlivens and illustrates the book and the reader is helped to identify clone-like aspects of his or her own experience and mental life, and of contemporary life. Through this process, the book comes to important conclusions about human nature, including the crucial roles of intimacy, sex, and sexuality for society. The clinical and scientifically grounded insights of this book should help inform the reader's ethical judgments and attitudes about cloning people.

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