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. The
book describes current attempts to resurrect three species, the
aurochs, woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon. It then investigates
two major philosophical questions such projects throw up. These are
the Authenticity Question-'will the products of de-extinction be
authentic members of the original species?'-and the Ethical
Question-'is de-extinction something that should be done?' The book
surveys and critically evaluates a raft of arguments for and
against the authenticity or de-extinct organisms, and for and
against the ethical legitimacy of de-extinction. It concludes,
first, that authentic de-extinctions are actually possible, and
second, that de-extinction can potentially be ethically legitimate,
especially when deployed as part of a 'freeze now and resurrect
later' conservation strategy.
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