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- Title
Revisiting the Definition of Homo Sapiens.
- Authors
John Loike; Moshe David Tendler
- Abstract
Research in genomics, human cloning, and transgenic technology has challenged bioethicists and scientists to rethink the definition of human beings as a species. For example, should the definition incorporate a genetic criterion and how does the capacity to genetically engineer human beings affect the definition of our species? In considering these contemporary bioethical dilemmas, we revisit an ancient source, the Talmud, and highlight how it provides specific biological, cultural, and genetic criteria to define the human species.
- Subjects
GENOMICS; HUMAN cloning research
- Publication
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2002, Vol 12, Issue 4, p343
- ISSN
1054-6863
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ken.2002.0027