by Donald Bruce

About the author: Donald Bruce is the director of the Society, Religion, and Technology Project of the Church of Scotland, an interdisciplinary association that studies the relationship between ethics and technology.

Author’s Note: From 1993–98, a working group of the Society, Religion and Technology Project (SRT) of the Church of Scotland examined the ethical issues of genetic engineering in non-human species, culminating in the recent book Engineering Genesis by Donald and Ann Bruce (Earthscan Publications, November 1998, ISBN 1 85383 570 6). The inter-disciplinary group of experts included Roslin scientist Dr Ian Wilmut, head of the team which cloned Dolly. The following article by the Director of the SRT Project reflects on some of the ethical issues, straight from the sheep’s mouth.

Dolly and Her Applications

Dolly is the most famous sheep in the world...