Cloning .
Is cloning ethical? The majority of the world would say no but the medical research possibilities associated with it are endless. In 1997 when Dolly the lamb was born we began to think, "Wow if it's possible to clone an animal why not a human in the future?" It soon became known that it was possible and people were horrified at the thought of an organism being created by a human being. 90% of Americans polled within the first week that the Dolly news broke, thought that cloning should be banned. They believed it to be morally inappropriate and ethically wrong.
The reason for the terror was due largely in part by public misconception by people. It is best to think of a clone as a later born identical twin. They will be indistinguishable in biology from any other human being. Many people believe that clones will be used as spare parts for the rich in need of a liver or some other organ. There are also beliefs that these clones will be headless as well as be killed without committing murder. In reality using another human for spare parts would be murder and making headless clones would also be murder. To make a headless clone would require removing the higher brain of the fetus of infant and since both of these beings fall under the same legal laws as a non-cloned fetus or infant it would again be murder. Besides the point there is no need to create an entire human when individual tissues and organs can be grown alone. Some fear psychological damage of a cloned human. A person is not defined by their genetics but by their life experiences and development in the womb. Environment and .
upbringing play a much larger role in shaping someone's emotions and outlook. .
The argument that man is playing god is the most commonly brought up. If god didn't want man to create clones he wouldn't have made it possible. Cloning does not create life it merely produces life from existing life.
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...
