The Identity of Clones  

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Evers, Kathinka

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 24 no. 1 (Feb. 1999), page 67-76.
Topik: Cloning; Identity; Indiscernibility; Individuation; Uniqueness
Fulltext: MM80V24N1P67.pdf (32.18KB)

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.9 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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A common concern with respect to cloning is based on the belief that cloning produces identical individuals. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what type of identity-relation cloning involves. The concept "identity" is ambiguous, and the statement that cloning produces "identical" individuals is not meaningful unless the notion of identity is clarified. This paper distinguishes between numerical and qualitative; relational and intrinsic; logical and empirical identity, and discusses the empirical individuation of clones in terms of genetics, physiology, perception, cognition and personality. I argue that the only relation of identity cloning involves is qualitative, intrinsic and empirical: genetic indiscernibility , unlikely to include identity under other aspects mentioned. A popular argument against cloning claims our "right" to a "unique identity". This objection either implies (absurdly) the right not to be an identical twin, or assumes (incorrectly) that cloning involves identity other than genetic. Either way, the argument is untenable.

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