Ebook: What We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club: Bioethics and Philosophy in Orphan Black

"What is the real-world history and science of human cloning, and how closely does Orphan Black nail it? Can you "own" a person-even a cloned one? How can Sarah Manning be straight, Cosima gay, and Tony trans? Cult hit sci-fi show Orphan Black doesn't just entertain-it also raises fascinating questions about human cloning, its ethics, and its impact on personal identity. In What We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club: Bioethics and Philosophy in Orphan Black, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence violates Clone Club's first rule to take us deeper into the show and its connections to the real world, including: Prominent myths about human clones (and Orphan Black's rejection of them) Our ugly history of eugenics The ethics of human experimentation, by way of Projects Castor and Leda Clones and identity: What we can learn from twin studies and tensions among Orphan Black's clone "sisters" Kendall Morgan and other genetic anomalies The brave new world of genetic enhancement, clonal dynasties, and how Helena and Kira Manning fit in In the process, What We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club reveals why Orphan Black is some of today's most engaging and thought-provoking television."--;Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Orphan Black and Bioethics -- ch. 2 Personhood and Human Clones: The Orphans of Project Leda -- ch. 3 Our Fears of Clones: And Their Reflections in Literature and Film -- ch. 4 "These Crippled and Distorted Men": The Island of Dr. Moreau and the Scientists of Orphan Black -- ch. 5 "Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est": The Scientific Pedigree of Cloning -- ch. 6 What's Wrong with the Ledas? -- ch. 7 The Ethics of Synthetic Biology -- ch. 8 Orphan Black and the Ethics of Patenting Human Life -- ch. 9 "Things Which Have Never Been Done": Eugenics and Clonal Dynasties -- ch. 10 Nature, Nurture, and Clonal Identity -- ch. 11 Are the Ledas Really Genetically Identical? -- ch. 12 Sexuality, Gender Identity, and Orphan Black -- ch. 13 Kendall Malone, Chimeras, and Sexual Anomalies at Birth -- ch. 14 Would Knowing You Were a Clone Damage Your Sense of Identity? -- ch. 15 Kant's Personhood and the Formation of a Clone's Identity;Orphan Black and Bioethics -- Personhood and Human Clones: The Orphans of Project Leda -- Our Fears of Clones: And Their Reflections in Literature and Film -- "These Crippled and Distorted Men": The Island of Dr. Moreau and the Scientists of Orphan Black -- "Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est": The Scientific Pedigree of Cloning -- What's Wrong with the Ledas? -- The Ethics of Synthetic Biology -- Orphan Black and the Ethics of Patenting Human Life -- "Things Which Have Never Been Done": Eugenics and Clonal Dynasties -- Nature, Nurture, and Clonal Identity -- Are the Ledas Really Genetically Identical? -- Sexuality, Gender Identity, and Orphan Black -- Kendall Malone, Chimeras, and Sexual Anomalies at Birth -- Would Knowing You Were a Clone Damage Your Sense of Identity? -- Kant's Personhood and the Formation of a Clone's Identity -- "When Did I Become Us?": Group Identity as a Leda or as a Castor -- Stealing and Swapping Identities: Twins and Clones -- Clones and Free Will -- Helena, Freud, Henrik, and Foucault -- Top Five Ideas for Future Orphan Black Episodes.;Note continued: ch. 16 "When Did I Become Us?": Group Identity as a Leda or as a Castor -- ch. 17 Stealing and Swapping Identities: Twins and Clones -- ch. 18 Clones and Free Will -- ch. 19 Helena, Freud, Henrik, and Foucault -- ch. 20 Top Five Ideas for Future Orphan Black Episodes.