[The Usage of Cloning Techniques on Humans] In various states, criteria for ethical decisions on the application of cloning techniques in the human field are taken as the basis for relevant legislation. These criteria are still being discussed in statements and recommendations issued by national institutions.

In this analysis, Heinemann seeks to answer the question of whether or to what extent the regulations and opinions studied reveal a systems of criteria and structure of ethical decision-making suitable for a generally accepted normative regulation of the application of cloning techniques in the human field.

Thomas Heinemann ist Privatdozent am Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.