Safety

• Efficiency of Cloning in Humans Unknown; Low in Other Vertebrates
• No Knowledge of Life Span

Kant’s Categorical Imperative

Creating a twin whose purpose is to serve as a replicate violates universal moral principles. It is the extreme version of using another individual to serve one’s own purposes and it displays a profound disregard for the inherent worth of others.

Is a Delayed Genetic Twin a Replicate?

• Mutations
• Absence of mitochondrial DNA
• Environment

The Danger of Extreme Nationalism

• Different Views of Safety and Responsibility
• Dangers of the well-intentioned use of Technology

Other Considerations

• The Obligatory Pursuit of Knowledge
• The Controlled Use of Technology to Improve the Human Condition
• Civil Liberties / Freedom of Inquiry

Genomics and Moral Responsibility

• Diagnostics
• Cures
• Cosmetics

Challenges to Civil Liberties: Privacy vs. the Right to Know

• Insurance
• Employment
• Employment to Others
• Responsibilities to Others

Genomics and Moral Responsibility

• As Individuals (personal)
• As a Society (national)
• As a Family of Human Beings (international)