Some would also argue, "Cloning is man playing God!" Who is to say that we are playing God? Cloning is a new technology with its basic principals rooted in nature. There are certain plants in this world that clone themselves. For example strawberries, potatoes, grass, and onions all clone themselves. How this occurs is that these plants send out a runner, which is a form of modified stem, then from the runner a new plant is grown, producing a clone of the original plant (Craig C. Freudenrich, Ph.D.; howstuffworks.com). If the process occurs naturally in plants, then why couldn't man use it for his benefit?.
Another beneficial use of cloning is to clone the earth's endangered species. January 8th, 2001 became a landmark day for scientists when a baby bull guar, which is a large wild ox, was cloned (Freudenrich, howstuffworks.com). Using cloning to save the world's endangered species is a very noteworthy cause, but it also raises some questions. Nobody knows if the age of the original sample has an effect on the clone. An example of this is that "Dolly", the first cloned mammal, died recently at the age of six (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science; www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.html). Dolly's breed of sheep usually lives to be about eleven or twelve years old. What is unknown about this process is that if a human was cloned, and the original sample was forty years old, would the clone's organs, immune system, etc. be forty years old at the time of conception? If this is true then that factor decreases the life expectancy of a clone dramatically. To date there is no research concluding to the notion that cloned animals are born with organs that match the age of their parent animal.
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Other problems with cloning today are that it is not a guaranteed process. According to all of the laboratory research, more than 90% of performed cloning procedures have failed.
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. ... The biggest questions for mankind focus on ethical issue about human cloning. ... More likely a human clone will attract world-wide attention, especially the very first clone. ...
It boils down to a serious ethical dilemma. ... Would clones have the ability to posses a soul? ... A cloned individual would be without a soul. ... Dolly the famed cloned sheep is now dead. ... WORKS CITED Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells: Ethical Dilemmas www.srtp.org.uk/cloninf8.htm Ethics of Cloning Humans people.msoe.edu/~tritt/sf/cloning.humans.html Jim Trageser - It's time to address ethical dilemmas of human ... ...
Ian Wilmut a Scottish scientists who had cloned a sheep, cloning has become the subject of heated ethical debate. ... Wachbroit states, "One set of ethical concerns about humans clones involves the risks and uncertainties associated with the current state of cloning technology" (par. 7). Some people object on a purely ethical level while others favor cloning solely for the scientific advances it will produce. ... Perhaps the strongest ethical argument against cloning is that it could lead to a new, unfamiliar type of family relationship. ... Another issue that has come up about whether it ...
The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? ... Should cloning be allowed? ... Cloning research is a beneficial and ethical because God gave us knowledge to use and free will. ... Clone Wars. ... "Clone". ...
If people were to do this it raises many ethical concerns. Some people argue that banning cloning would be unconstitutional because it would deny the right to reproduce and it would restrict the freedom that scientists have ("Ethical" 4). ... Cloning could introduce additional defects in the human gene pool ("Ethical" 4). ... Ethical concerns of cloning are present in everybody's mind. ... Human clones might feel that they have an obligation to live up to the same fate as their donor cells ("Ethical" 4). ...
Human cloning is so much more complex we must take the steps to prevent human cloning. There are many problems with cloning, getting out of hand, as well and religious and ethical debates too. ... Say you were the clone. ... There are serious ethical reasons to be against human cloning. ... Finally, besides ethical reasons to be against cloning there are religious reasons too. 74% of people believe it is against Gods will to clone humans. ...
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. "There are a number of ethical and religious debates surrounding cloning, and many nations have specifically banned it, discouraging research into any procedures which may result in cloned humans." ... One of the greatest ethical debates of our era is the subject of human cloning. ... There are some ethical questions involved with human cloni...
Cloning On January 16, 2003, the first human clone was born. ... A change must be made to recognize and improve the social, medical, and ethical problems resulting from human cloning. ... Ethical issues have also become a problem. ... Works Cited Cloning Fact Sheet. 2001. ... "Is Cloning Ethical?" ...
