| Description |
44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Issues in society ; v. 108 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 108
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Latest Developments in Cloning: What is cloning?; Types of cloning; History of cloning; Hello Dolly; Cloned super sheep on the way; Pharming until the clones come home; The story so far ... #6 cloning; Japan pushes cloning to marketplace; Team of doctors ready to clone human; How to clone a human; Possible uses of human cloning; Playing God; The cloning of human beings; Federal government against human cloning. -- Chapter 2. Human Cloning - Rights & Wrongs: Double take; Human cloning - Should it be done? What would it mean?; Superhumans a super social headache, says hawking; Superhumans a super headache?; Caution, not panic, on cloning; Clone alone; Fighting disease more than genetics; Religious views on cloning; To clone or not? - the healthier side of the argument; Twenty-one arguments against human cloning - and their responses; The benefits of human cloning; Cloning around; There's no humanity in making replicas for spare parts; Cloners consider our wants and needs; Unravelling the mystery of human nature; The future of cloning |
| Summary |
Looks at the latest developments in animal cloning; the likelihood of human cloning and the associated ethical, medical, legal and scientific issues as well as the major arguments for and against it |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Bioethics |
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Cloning |
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Federal issue |
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Genetic engineering |
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History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 42) and index |
| Audience |
Secondary and tertiary students and teachers |
| Subject |
Cloning.
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Cloning -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Cloning.
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Human cloning.
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| Author |
Healey, Justin.
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| ISBN |
187681117X |
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