Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1999

Publication Title

Hofstra Law Review

Keywords

bioethics, cloning, Golem, Frankenstein, co-creation

Abstract

This Essay offers one analytic structure with which to approach the study of religious responses to cloning and suggests that, whereas the negative reactions are tied to a Frankenstein approach--that is, one which uses all the horror of that myth to express our fears about humans getting into the creation business--the more positive reactions express what I will call the Golem approach, based on a lesser-known legend.

Volume

27

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