Are the animal welfare aspects of cloning techniques acceptable or not?
• Should it ever be permissible to clone an entire human being – what are the ethical objections, what are the practical dangers? • Under what circumstances, if any, would it be ethically acceptable to use cloning techniques in human medicine or medical or veterinary research? • Would it be ethically acceptable to create cloned human embryos for research purposes? • Would it be ethically acceptable to attempt to reprogramme animal or human somatic cells in order to create separate organs, assuming this seemed technically possible? • What are the limits of technical intervention in human reproduction, in organ failure and in the process of ageing? • How should such cloning research be controlled and kept accountable to the public? Setting Biotechnology in Perspective • How should a society be using its skills in biotechnology? It is inherent in our nature to find ways to shape the created order around us. When we speak of creation, however, this should not be read as if it were a single
