Should human cloning be ethically justifiable?.
As human beings should we be allowed to play god and decide whether we can manipulate the human DNA and nature so we can have designer babies ready to be implanted into surrogate mums. This essay covers the rights and wrongs to do with human cloning.
From the research I have done there are people who are against human cloning like Dr Thomas Dooley Ph D. Here is an excerpt from is speech to the us senate in April 2002, Human cloning for any reason is unnecessary and immoral. There is no scientific imperative to clone human beings or to produce human embryonic stem cells via embryo destruction. It should be noted that "reproductive cloning" and so called therapeutic cloning both utilize the same unnatural manipulations of early stage human embryos. Since human life starts as a single cell embryo by conception using natural means or by somatic cell nuclear transfer in the case of cloning experiments, cloned human embryos no matter how small represent human beings with the potential rise to adults if implanted in the uterus. The difference between reproductive and therapeutic cloning is merely semantic and differs only in the intentions for their ultimate use.
Some opponents of cloning believe that some individuals would be wronged in morally significant ways. Many of these wrongs involve the denial of what Joel Feinberg has called the right to an open future. For example a child might be compared to the adult from whom he was cloned, and thereby burdened with oppressive expectations. Even worse, the parents might actually limit the child's opportunities for growth and development a child cloned from a basketball player, for might be denied educational opportunities that were not in line with a career in basketball. Finally, regardless of his parents conduct or attitudes, a child might be burdened by the thought that he is a copy and not an original.
What about human clones? Will cloning a human be a mistake or a miracle? ... How can we control human cloning world wide? ... Since we don't have a human clone yet, human cloning is too risky because we have too many unanswered questions. ... Another risk of human cloning is identity. ...
Why should we clone human beings? ... There are many health issues that can be avoided, reversed and cured by the cloning of human cells and body parts. ... The Food And Drug (FDA) has stated that it will not endorse or approve human cloning until such a time when cloning can be shown to be safe and effective. ... The ban on human cloning should be reconsidered. ... There are more reasons to clone human beings than just the medical breakthroughs of curing infertility, eliminating disease and extending human life spans. ...
The technology of cloning main objective is research on how to understand the human DNA better. ... All things considered, cloning technology has a lot to offer to human civilization. ... In Support of the Argument for Human Cloning. 31 Oct 1999. ... All the Reasons to Clone Human Beings. 2001. ... The benefits of human cloning. ...
I think that the DNA from a well-developed soldier with no major illnesses should be taken and cloned to produce several human beings to help fight wars. ... According to the article "Cloning" in the Washington Post, cloning individual human cells could lead to the vaccines and cures for cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and many other diseases with no cure. ... According to the article "Human Cloning" by D. Dennis for the Human Cloning Organization in October of 2002, "Cloning could be used to help us understand things about the human body that cannot be solved by modern scientists. Clon...
So, it seems that the government is not giving human cloning a chance. ... Nerves and spinal cord could be grown, giving quadriplegics the ability to walk again (Human Cloning Foundation). ... Rothenberg goes on to say that cloning would challenge "concepts basic to our humanness." ... There are many advantages to continuing experimentation in the field of human cloning. ... The human race has made it this far without cloning, and we will continue to survive without it....
What are the common perceptions about human cloning? ... What is the general attitude regarding human cloning? Importance of the Study: Cloning humans is a controversial issue. ... To learn more about human cloning. ... Human Cloning : the process wherein human embryo are allowed to be divided and then separate them and allowed to developed into two embryos with identical genes which could become identical human beings. ...
Human Cloning Causes More Good Than Harm The idea of human cloning has been in science fiction movies for decades. ... The Cloning of humans will cause more good than harm. ... The process of human cloning is very difficult. ... Although there has not been a human clone produced there have been request from numerous people who would like to receive a human clone. ... When human cloning does come to existence there are many scenarios where the use of human cloning could be helpful. ...
In today's society, many people are concerned with the topic of human cloning. ... The experiment with Dolly led to many concerns towards human cloning. ... Despite the possibilities involved in cloning human beings, cloning is proven to be inefficient, violates religious ethics, and intrudes upon human dignity. ... When taking human cloning into consideration, would a clone have the same rights and obligations as a human? ... Human Cloning. 1998. ...
Human cloning means designer people with known pedigree. ... Cloning of human embryos has already been achieved. ... Huge amounts of money are at stake in human cloning research. ... One set of ethical concerns about human clones involves the risks and uncertainties associated with the current state of cloning technology. ... Assuming that scientists were able to clone human beings without incurring the risks mentioned above, what concerns might there be about the welfare of clones? ...
