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Human Cloning from the Taoist Viewpoint
YU Ru-song
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2018.01.011
School of History and Culture, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Although human cloning represents the latest development of modern biotechnology, it still has many limitations that are difficult to overcome. Human cloning involves asexually reproduced human life, may involve some degree of genetic determinism, and makes human life subject to objectification and commercialization. Therefore, a cloned human being will certainly lose the dignity due to him as a human being. Taoism, regarded as the successful combination of religious humanistic care and scientific rationality, advocates the natural reproductive process, while insisting on the unity of body and mind. Besides physical care, Taoism takes the demands of human beings’ transcendental nature into account. Therefore, Taoism may be a source of great inspiration and guidance for the future development of human cloning.
Taoism, human cloning, Enlightenment
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