Basic elements of early eugenic belief are still used today in discussions about cloning humans. For example, selective breeding (i.e., propagation of humans with certain favorable genetic traits) is thought to be an effective means of improving the overall superiority of the human species. However, the efficacy of selective breeding is questionable since it's not fully understood whether heredity and/or environment determine physical, physiological, and mental traits. .
Later, it was theorized that mankind and even the world should be purged of certain elements of humanity that tainted the genetic pool. Consequently, Germany adopted a sterilization law in 1933, which made feeble-minded, blind/deaf, and persons with hereditary diseases such as Huntington's disease, subject to forced sterilization for the good of the people (Lifton et al. 1994). Those with grave bodily deformities, hereditary alcoholism, the crippled, mentally deficient, and those thought to be racially inferior were also targeted. The idea of cleansing the genetic pool eventually evolved into the Nazi practice of Euthanasia, the killing of people for the greater good of humanity. This practice resulted in the death of millions during the Second World War .
According to the historian Stefan Kuhl, the theories of eugenics from which the Nazis operated were also shared with their American counterparts and the rest of the Western world (Nazi eugenic 1994). The First International Congress for Eugenics met in London in 1912. Rather than being a fringe movement, it was supported by a number of luminaries of the day. For example, Charles Darwin's son presided over the assembly, while Winston Churchill led the British delegation. Among the Americans present were the presidents of Harvard and Stanford universities and Alexander Graham Bell.
Parallel to today's arguments, many American scientists during the 1920s and 30s enthusiastically thought that they could and should apply genetic and population science to political issues.
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. ... There are also religious arguments about ethics of human cloning. ...
Society is firmly divided on the uses and ethics of cloning. Cloning can rang from producing copies of plants and animals to clones of humans and human organs. ... I believe that cloning can be wrong but it depends on the ethics and uses of the cloning method. ... But the uses and ethics are is very controversial. ... But when cloning animals and plants leads to human cloning then the issue becomes unethical and immoral. ...
Society is firmly divided on the uses and ethics of cloning. Cloning can rang from producing copies of plants and animals to clones of humans and human organs. ... I believe that cloning can be wrong but it depends on the ethics and uses of the cloning method. ... But the uses and ethics are is very controversial. ... But when cloning animals and plants leads to human cloning then the issue becomes unethical and immoral. ...
-THE ETHICS ON HUMAN CLONING- Cloning is just one example of the great power of gene technology, a technology we urgently need to treat or cure diseases such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis, cancer or AIDS, and to help feed the growing world population. However gene technology raises urgent questions of safety and ethics. ... Cloning of human embryos has already been achieved. ... Here are three reasons why we should say NO to cloning: cloning is not ethical. 1. ... You cannot have so-called therapeutic cloning without reproductive cloning because the technique to make cl...
In this paper I intend to discuss the ethics of human cloning. ... However, the benefits to be gained from cloning are so numerous that it creates a strong case for pro-cloning activists. ... Environmentalist ethics shows us that we are creatures of self-interest and if it doesn"t affect you then it's not a problem. Would creating clones affect the individual? ... So if I were to make a clone of myself, I should also see it fit that everyone else can make a clone as well. ...
The ethics of cloning have become increasingly debated as scientists become more educated and information is more readily available to the public. ... The dangers of cloning are both physical and psychological. ... Hypothetically, if human beings do get cloned, due to the fact a clone is genetically identical, the clones would have the same vulnerabilities to disease and environmental effects. ... The debate on cloning has reached the United States and Congress is unsettled on the matter of "whether and how to restrict cloning or ban it all together" (timesareus.com). ... The debate has shi...
Cloning Does More Harm Than Good The ethics of human cloning is a big controversy in the world, and for many good reasons. ... Should human cloning be allowed? ... Along with personal beliefs comes emotion, and there are a lot of emotional beliefs, to do with cloning ethics. ... Another concern, one brought up by Dr Patrick Dixon, who is a leading authority on the ethics of human cloning, is that if the child is cloned from her mothers" genes: [the] child grows up knowing her mother is her sister, her grandmother is her mother. ... Cloning can cause danger to many. ...
The history of cloning II. Ethics and cloning III. ... The cloning of an adult sheep and possibility that human cloning could soon follow has raised some serious ethical questions according to Robert Wachbroit, the author of "Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning". ... Since ethics is not an exact science, whereas cloning is, ethics has the tendency to generate more controversies than answers. An article written in the Africa News Service states, "The ethical argument has been that the sanctity of the human person should remain inviolable and that cloning would be against the natura...
Cloning of Humans and Ethics Cloning of humans has raised many opinions from different groups. ... Most Christians believe that cloning of humans is wrong and unethical. ... This group believes that human beings cannot clone other humans because it is against ethics. If another human is cloned "we are taking the place of God." ... Therefore, in their opinion even if Jesus can be cloned all that will be cloned is his body not his thoughts and mind. ...
Despite the possibilities involved in cloning human beings, cloning is proven to be inefficient, violates religious ethics, and intrudes upon human dignity. ... Even though cloning is considered useless, the practice of cloning will violate religious ethics. These ethics are ignored when scientists take it upon themselves to develop ways to give life; therefore, scientists try to acquire godlike powers. ... Post, associate professor of bioethics at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Cast Western Reserve University, claims that "[ ] cloning demonstrates a lack of respect for God and for th...