Ethical Positions on Animal Cloning Science and human values often clash. ... There is a greater tolerance for cloning animals to serve human purposes. However, some groups oppose animal cloning for moral reasons. ... The prevailing perspective is that it is morally permissible to use animals in scientific research if the research can be shown to benefit humans or other animals. ... This "animal rights" perspective holds that animals experience pain and have human, or human like, emotions and thus should not be subjected to experimentations that can lead to confinement, pain and suffering, ...

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The dehumanizing nature of cloning shows a complete disrespect toward human life by disregarding clones of their human rights and dignity. ... Biotechnology was intended to enhance the treatment and cures of diseases by the uses of microorganisms and the organs of animals. ... They claim through their extensive research that they can make "plants and animals more resistant to disease, less expensive to grow and more nutritious- (115). ... Scientists are also using genetic engineering to develop safer vaccines to prevent animal diseases as well using animal organs to replace damaged human organ...

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(Bailey 110), people would consider this a violation of its human rights. For instance, if a patient were cloned involuntarily, that would likely be a violation of the patient's existing constitutional rights to privacy and reproductive freedom. ... They claim through their extensive research that they can make "plants and animals more resistant to disease, less expensive to grow and more nutritious?... Scientists are also using genetic engineering to develop safer vaccines to prevent animal diseases and new therapies (120). ... Even the "data on animal cloning demonstrates exceptionally ...

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Issues of whether the spare clone will have the same rights as the genetic donor are debatable. ... Certain gay rights advocates are pushing the idea of cloning as a means of preserving homosexuality in a general population, which might otherwise decide to eliminate it. Under the flag of defending reproductive rights, cloning has been recognized as giving women complete control over reproduction, possibly eliminating the need for men all together (Manning 1997). ... If human cloning were allowed before sufficient animal studies were undertaken, there is great risk to the clones and the re...

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Again, the issue of whether the child is fully human with all the same rights is at issue. ... Under the flag of defending reproductive rights, certain gay rights advocates are pushing the idea of cloning as a means of preserving homosexuality in a general population which might otherwise decide to eliminate it. ...

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