Technology changes ways of living, values and even reproduction. Scientists have now discovered how to clone certain things, and are even making progress towards human cloning. These advances in technology have either taken place are will take place in the near future. This raises many ethical and moral questions as to whether cloning is right or not. "Using technology wisely, we can control our environment, conquer poverty, markedly reduce disease, extend our life-span, significantly modify our behavior, alter the course of human evolution and cultural development, unlock vast new powers, and provide humankind with unparalleled opportunity for achieving an abundant and meaningful life."" But all of this doesn't come without any problems. "With further research and development, this process could allow humans to almost double their lifespans "raising a host of cultural, economical, ethical, political, and religious problems. Not the least of these would be the need to dramatically slow the birthrate. On a more mundane level, retirement plans and the Social Security system would have to be overhauled."" (Yount, 17). Although some people believe that cloning can help save lives and make things better for people, the fact is that cloning has moral implications and that life is best left to nature to decide because it gives man too much power. .
Cloning should be allowed. "In the abstract the idea of cloning humans does seem offensive and dangerous. It is easy to imagine horrific scenarios of power-hungry dictators cloning a subject class, or narcissistic tycoons creating multiples of themselves. A closer, more considered look reveals that the most likely uses of human cloning would be by married couples who are infertile or at risk for severe genetic disease, who want to rear healthy, biologically-related children."" (McCuen, 49). "Modifying germline genes "those that can be passed on to offspring "will allow the genes that cause inherited disease to be removed from a family's collection of genes.
