Ever since the first animal clone, Dolly the sheep, was successfully produced in 1996 the issue of cloning has been a hotly contested issue throughout the world. Cloning was no longer a fantasy people dreamt up but was bahhing in their face. Immediately the issue of cloning was thought of in the context of its application to humans. People had always dreamt of the possibility of being to reproduce the greatest people of a given generation and Dolly's success had brought mankind one step closer. When applied to use on the general population though, cloning should never be made legal because it would destroy human diversity. Human diversity entails the unique abilities of individuals which includes such attributes as cognitive ability and physical appearance and that each of these unique people contributes something different and meaningful to the world.
For hundreds of millions of years life on earth has evolved using Darwin's principle of survival of the fittest. Those who have random mutations that give them survival advantages are the ones who continue to breed. Reproduction is a genetic game of chance. If people who were lucky enough to be born with selective advantages were able to clone themselves, then the world genetic pool would be impoverished and could be potentially skewed towards those few. Only those who could afford the high monetary costs would reproduce asexually. There would be no creation of fewer new individuals since there would be no genetic mixing. Humanity's survival could be endangered.
If cloning were allowed, even on a small scale, it would lead down a very slippery slope eventually leading to wholesale cloning. Engaging in wholesale cloning is like suffering through an inflationary economy, the more money that's created the less a currency is worth. The same is true with clones. We could theoretically have hundreds of the same person being simultaneously produced which would not only reduce genetic diversity but further widen the gap between the haves and have nots.
Is cloning legal? ... What is cloning? ... Cloning 3 Now that we have established the scientific basis of cloning, let me tell you how cloning can directly benefit humanity. ... To clone or not to clone is not the question. Cloning is the future. ...
We have also heard about three cloned cows. What about human clones? ... The cloning revolution now leads us an ethical issue about human cloning. ... Cloning technology can help remove disease from a clone when the original suffered from disease. ... More likely a human clone will attract world-wide attention, especially the very first clone. ...
Cloning In the past few years, the topic of cloning has been in the news a lot. ... In order for cloning to take place, all genes must be active. ... Cloning could also revolutionize the field of organ transplant. Organs and bone marrow could be cloned and used for transplant. ... Drawbacks There are also many reasons not to clone. ...
The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? Probably a movie they have seen before, like The Sixth Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a man who is cloned without his knowledge. The clone takes over his life. This is just one fear that people have. But t...
In today's society cloning is one of the most talked about and controversial issues. There are numerous people that oppose cloning while on the other hand there are people who are for cloning. People who are against cloning bring up points of morality and religion. ... Among all of this controversy, there are benefits to cloning. ... According to the article "Human Cloning" by D. ...
Firstly, "Human cloning is a form of cloning which is designed to result in a copy of a human being," this means that the procedures that human cloning contains is specifically designed to result in an exact copy of the human being cloned. ... "Human cloning creates questions about the soul, the role of God in society, and even the quality of life that a cloned person may have." The disadvantages of human cloning are undoubtedly clear. ... "One of the most noticeable is that the cloned child will have exactly the same medical history as their parent clone's." ... Ther...
This paper is not meant to be a history lesson in cloning or to explain all the scientific terms that are related to cloning. ... Identical siblings constitute a clone. ... Dolly was a sheep and the first cloned mammal. ... One patient has a clone and all that needs to be done is remove the clone liver and place it in his/her body. ... Before cloning the term used was eugenics. ...
There are three different types of cloning. ... Next there is Adult DNA cloning; this is the most common type of cloning that is thought of because it shows a clone that was made from another living organism and looks exactly the same("Human" 1). ... There are many questions when it comes to cloning and the ethics of cloning. ... More importantly, who will get cloned? ... Most people scared of cloning encourage the study of cloning but do not like the idea of actually cloning humans, which is understandable (Stanley 37). ...
There are three types of cloning methods the first is Embryo cloning. The second is reproductive cloning and the third is therapeutic cloning. ... Therapeutic cloning is a process in which the initial stages are identical to adult DNA cloning. ... (Cloning process) The rapid development of the technology for cloning has led to moral debates around the world on whether or not to ban creating human clones. ... Another argument for cloning is that individuals with characteristics can be cloned as substitutes. ...