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1. Why Kill the Cabin Boy?

Author

HARRIS, JOHN

Subjects
*ORGANIZATIONS & ethics, *CRIMINAL justice system, *HUMAN rights, *JUDGMENT (Psychology), *LIFE expectancy, *MEDICAL care, *PROFESSIONAL ethics, *VALUE (Economics), *PASSIVE euthanasia
Published
2021
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2. Time to Exorcise the Cloning Demon.

Author

HARRIS, JOHN

Subjects
*STEM cell research ethics, *GENETIC techniques, *DIGNITY, *HUMAN rights, *MEDICAL ethics, *ETHICS
Abstract

The article discusses the prospect of human reproductive cloning. The responses of members of the European Parliament and former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on human cloning following the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first cloned animal, in 1997 are cited. The alleged threat of cloning to individuality, the right to know a person's genetic origins and the role of human reproductive cloning in eliminating disease and disability are explored.

Published
2014
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3. Taking the “Human” Out of Human Rights.

Author

HARRIS, JOHN

Subjects
*HUMAN rights, *HUMAN beings, *HUMANITY, *MEDICAL ethics, *MEDICAL care, *BASIC needs
Abstract

In this article the author discusses the issue of human rights and its relationship to medical care and medical ethics. He is critical of the universality of human rights and suggests that it is time to take the human out of human rights since in the future humanity will look different due to evolution and advances such as stem cell research and regenerative medicine.

Published
2010
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