Ethics and law in biological research

Ethics and Law in Biological Research Cosimo Marco Mazzoni 3 Human Genome Technology from the Viewpoint of Efficiency and Justice Peter Koller 9 The Human Genome Project and the Geneticists' Responsibility Alberto Piazza 21 Human Dignity as a Regulative Instrument for Human Genome Research Jurgen Simon 35 Bioethical Anxieties Concerning the Limits of Biological Research Mauro Barni 47 The Perception of Possible Knowledge and Changes in Common Morality Carlo Flamigni 57 Information and Decision Eligio Resta 67 Biomedical Law: The Aims and Limits of Regulating Biomedical Science and Technology Amos Shapiro 75 vi Table of Contents The Epistemic State - The Legal Regulation of Science Mariachiara Tallacchini 79 II. CLONING: BIOLOGICAL AND MORAL ASPECTS Some Fundamental Evils in Generating Human Embryos by Cloning John Finnis 99 Thinking About Huxley's Brave New World: Was it Wrong to Create a Genetic Hierarchical Society? Is it Wrong to Prevent One? Bernard Gert 107 From Random Procreation to Standardized Reproduction Jacques Testart 115 The Problem of Reproductive Cloning Francesco D. Busnelli 125 The Point of View of a Medical Geneticist on Human Cloning Bruno Dallapiccola 135 The Mystery of the Scantiness of Arguments Against Cloning Luigi Lombardi Vallauri 141 Making the Right Use of Law: The Cloning Dilemma Stefano Rodota 153 The Right to Genetic Disobedience: The Iceland Case Amedeo Santosuosso 163 Medicine as Science and Art: Anxieties at the Dawn of the Third Millenium Paolo T. Scarpelli 173 Clones and Golems Carmel Shalev 187 III. CLONING IN POPULAR IMAGINATION Doppelganger Temptations Adriana Cavarero 195 Table of Contents vii After Dolly: New Forms of Genetics Capital Sarah Franklin 203 Cloning and Balanced Ethics John Harris 207 The Future of Clones Mario Jori 213 Cloning: Taboo Subject for Public Debate in France Dominique Mehl 227 Nude Pigs and Headless Clones James Reston, Jr. 233 Dolly and deja vu: Facts and Fiction about Human Cloning Jon Turney 241 Index 253