Clones, Prototypes and the Right to Uniqueness

Agrafa, I 2/2013  (str. 41-48)

AUTOR(I) / AUTHOR(S): Evangelos D. Protopapadakis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46793/Agrafa2.041P

SAŽETAK / ABSTRACT:

Human cloning until recently has been considered to belong to the domain of science fiction; now it is a tangible possibility, a hopeful as well as a fearsome one. One of the fears that necessarily come along with it is about the peril cloning might represent for human uniqueness, since the clones are expected to be identical to their prototypes; this would unavoidably compromise moral agents’ right to a unique identity. In this paper I will put under examination the argument against cloning that is based upon the right to a unique identity; I will argue that cloning represents no actual threat for anybody’s unique identity, therefore this argument is futile. I will also support the view that the so-called right to a unique identity is not as indisputable as to serve as the basis of a moral argument against human reproductive cloning.

KLJUČNE REČI / KEYWORDS:

Human cloning, rights, identity, uniqueness, individuality.

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