The ethics of cloning have become increasingly debated as scientists become more educated and information is more readily available to the public. Because everyone has different beliefs and morals, the controversy draws upon many different points of view. In my opinion, no one has the right, or should have the right to "play god" by altering our way of life as dramatically as creating duplicated versions of ourselves. I admit that there are some definite medical benefits of cloning, but the physical and psychological dangers outweigh the advantageous aspects by far.
Those who argue that cloning is ethical and should be performed without restriction, answer the dangerous and immoral features said to be brought with cloning, with statements such as Alan Caplan's, "an alliance of abortion opponents, social conservatives, and biotechnology-phobias wants you to believe that human cloning is always unethical, even when it is done for the purpose of finding cures for horrible diseases"(msnbc.com). In response, I argue that yes, some of the people opposed to cloning most likely are abortion opponents or social conservatives, but someone does not have to be a member of these stereotypes to feel that the duplication of an organ or human above is Dolly, the first mammal cloned, click image for site- of an organ or human being through the sacrifice of another is unethical. Backing my argument are even those who have successfully cloned animals since Dolly stating, "it would be morally wrong to clone a human being, it would also be destructive, stupid, and cruel" (guardian.com). .
The benefits of cloning lie in the advancements in fighting incurable diseases, such as Parkinson's, or Lou Gehrig's. Advancements are possible with stem cells making new nerve cells and building new organs. It was for this reason "the research team that produced the sheep clone performed their research; for pharmaceutical reasons.
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. ...
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...
