Cloning

an individual's right to reproduce or to
             have the kind of child that he or she wants ... For
             those who hold this outlook, the only moral restraints
             on cloning are adequately informed consent and the
             avoidance of bodily harm. The meliorist ... see in
             cloning a new prospect for improving human
             beings--minimally, by ensuring the perpetuation of
             healthy individuals by avoiding the risks of genetic
             disease inherent in the lottery of sex, and maximally,
             by producing "optimum babies," preserving outstanding
             genetic material, and (with the help of soon-to-come
             techniques for precise genetic engineering) enhancing
             inborn human capacities on many fronts. Here the
             ...

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