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  1. Das Klonen von Menschen Eine alte Debatte – aber immer noch in den Kinderschuhen.Bert Gordijn - 1999 - Ethik in der Medizin 11 (1):12-34.
    Definition of the Problem: The ethical debate on the cloning of human beings is by no means new. Its history goes back to the middle of the 1960s. However, the theoretical level of the contents of this debate still doesn't seem to have got past its initial stages.Arguments and conclusion: First, a short overview will be given of these 30 years of history of ethical debate, and some central concepts will be explained. Subsequently a critical analysis will be made of (...)
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  • Telomeres and the ethics of human cloning.Fritz Allhoff - 2004 - American Journal of Bioethics 4 (2):29 – 31.
    In search of a potential problem with cloning, I investigate the phenomenon of telomere shortening which is caused by cell replication; clones created from somatic cells will have shortened telomeres and therefore reach a state of senescence more rapidly. While genetic intervention might fix this problem at some point in the future, I ask whether, absent technological advances, this biological phenomenon undermines the moral permissibility of cloning.
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