{"product_id":"9781942952343","title":"What We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club: Bioethics and Philosophy in Orphan Black","description":"\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the real-world history and science of human cloning, and does Orphan Black get it right? 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 \u003ci\u003eOrphan Black\u003c\/i\u003e doesn’t just entertain—it also raises fascinating questions about human cloning, its ethics, and its impact on personal identity.\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club: Bioethics and Philosophy in Orphan Black\u003c\/i\u003e, 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidespread myths about human clones (and \u003ci\u003eOrphan Black\u003c\/i\u003e’s rejection of them)\u003cbr\u003eOur ugly history of eugenics\u003cbr\u003eThe ethics of human experimentation, by way of Projects Castor and Leda\u003cbr\u003eWhat we can learn about clones and identity from twin studies and tensions among \u003ci\u003eOrphan Black\u003c\/i\u003e’s clone “sisters”\u003cbr\u003eKendall Malone and other genetic anomalies\u003cbr\u003eThe brave new world of genetic enhancement and clonal dynasties, and how Helena and Kira Manning fit in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the process, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Clone Club\u003c\/i\u003e reveals why \u003ci\u003eOrphan Black\u003c\/i\u003e is some of today’s most engaging and thought-provoking television.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BenBella Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044356800752,"sku":"9781942952343","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942952343_p0.jpg?v=1763756631","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942952343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}