The ethics of human cloning is a big controversy in the world, and for many good reasons. Many people find it against beliefs, others find that it is an emotional issue and some find it to be very dangerous. However, is it really right? Should human cloning be allowed?.
Human cloning is believed to be wrong because it is highly against beliefs, religious as well as personal. Cloning a human being is creating a new life. It is like playing the role of God, where you decide the clones" life and looks which makes it highly against beliefs. If every person were to be a clone or be able to have cloned body parts such as kidneys and livers that could be transplanted into their body, the value of life as we know it would be diminished. For example a person who may have thought twice about smoking before cloning was introduced, may now not even care about the effects, because a new lung can be cloned for them and replace the old one that they damaged. Cloning human body parts and humans can cause life to be less valuable, and less of an opportunity. Another thing that is highly against beliefs, the fact that is that the fetuses that are used to experiment on that helped to get cloning where it is today, were all aborted children. This means that a child was conceived and then murdered before birth for medical purposes, which is thought as wrong in many ways. .
Along with personal beliefs comes emotion, and there are a lot of emotional beliefs, to do with cloning ethics. Children who are cloned will end up spending their lives" watched over by the media, and by scientists. A cloned child will not grow up in a normal environment, which could make the child stand out and cause teasing, as well as low self-esteem. Other children may make fun of the "clone" because they are different, and not normal. 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:.
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. ...
