Reproducibility of Man When Walter Benjamin wrote The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction in 1969, I am sure he didn’t expect it to parallel the arguments of today’s discussions on the ethics of cloning. In the short shadow of the replication of Dolly the sheep, and five little piglets from Virginia comes the discussion on if this practice should really be allowed, and if so, what limits do you set? …showed first 75 words of 1258 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1258 total…potential, will learn language, and will be able to claim rights, full human rights, for themselves. What kind of rights do you have then to use their organs? Bibliography Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Illuminations. Ed. Hannah Arendt Schokeu Books (HBJ) 1969. Ferre, Frederick. Philosophy of Technology, 2nd ed. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press 1995. Salsberg, Corey. “Resurrecting the Wooly Mammoth” . http://www.str.stanford.edu/str/articles/00_01_98.htm.