Human life is made in the image of God.
Each person is an icon or word of God.
Jesus Christ, God's uncreated word, became a true human being when he was born to Mary. .
God didn't make Jesus, Jesus was begotten by an act of love. .
Jesus was not an inferior product of his Father, but was one with him. .
Thus Jesus' dignity was not inferior to that of his Father.
If a human being is begotten through an act of marital love, he will have the same dignity and respect as his parents. .
If a human being is made by a cloning process involving other people as well, his life will not have been begotten in a way similar to that of Jesus, and his dignity will not have been respected in the same way. .
But: (and it's a hugely important but).
Those who argue in this way would also say that every human being, however created, must always be accepted as a gift and blessing of God.
There are non-religious arguments against human cloning that say that cloning doesn't respect human dignity. .
Cloning reduces human beings to manufactured products.
Some people think that the way a person comes into being affects their value - or their dignity. .
People should be made by an act of love between their parents, not by a laboratory process. .
o But when you think what the couple would have to go through to make a cloned baby, you could hardly argue that this wasn't an enormous act of love - it's just a different sort of act of love.
Supposing a particular embryo turns out to be very good - someone could patent its genes and use it to manufacture lots of similar clones for profit. That would degrade people. .
o That could happen, and it might be degrading. .
o A country could pass laws to forbid that sort of activity, so there's no need to ban cloning altogether.
Because they're not naturally made, a clone isn't a real person. .
o Why not? .
o How could you spot a clone if he was on his own? .
o And why would it matter: "How could we expect God to treat anyone born through cloning any different from the rest of us?" Ted Peters, professor at Pacific Lutheran Seminary.
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. ...
