TITLE:
Questioning Cloning with Genealogy
AUTHORS:
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani
KEYWORDS:
Cloning; Genealogy; Individual Uniqueness; Personal Identity; Genetic Engineering; Family; DNA; Hypothetical Society; Social Organization
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.3 No.3,
July
30,
2013
ABSTRACT: I evaluate a hypothetical society of human clones. Cloning implies the production of exact copies of an organism from a replication of one of the organism’s cells without any recourse to the genealogical protocol of male and female reproduction. I thus pose the question: Can we regard a cloned copy of Mr. James as a son of Mr. James or Mr. James once again? I consider certain implications of human cloning to the concepts of individual uniqueness, and thus of genealogical family tree and the future of the naming and identification of humanity?