A number of influential biologists are currently pursuing efforts to restore previously extinct
species. But for decades, philosophers of biology have regarded “de-extinction” as …

Developments in genetic engineering may soon allow biologists to clone organisms from
extinct species. The process, dubbed “de-extinction,” has been publicized as a means to …

In this essay, we explore the philosophical and ethical issues concerning de-extinction. First,
we will characterize what de-extinction is. This requires clarification of the process of …

Authors sometimes treat the promise of de-extinction as a forgone conclusion. But if we take
Kasperbauer's approach and assess the moral acceptability of de-extinction by weighting …

In this paper, we discuss the following four alternative ways of understanding the outcomes
of resurrection biology (also known as de-extinction). Implications of each of the ways are …

Abstract" De-extinction" projects propose to re-create or" resurrect" extinct species. Perhaps
the most common justification offered for these projects is that humans have an obligation to …

There now appears to be a plausible pathway for reviving species that have been extinct for
several decades, centuries, or even millennia. I conducted an ethical analysis of de …

Among the most egregious and discouraging problems of conservation is the rapidly
escalating human‐caused species extinction rate.“De‐extinction” refers to the application of …

This book is about the philosophy of de-extinction. To make an extinct species 'de-extinct'is
to resurrect it by creating new organisms of the same, or similar, appearance and genetics …

I will entertain and reject three arguments which putatively establish that the individuals
produced through de-extinction ought to be the same species as the extinct population …