The term “Cloning” has, over time, come to encompass a number of sciences and biotechnologies that have emerged from technology developed while aiming for the main and original goal of cloning itself, ie “to propagate as a clone” or “to make an identical copy” of a living organism, which is the actual definition of cloning per se. The main cloning technologies can be put into three categories, Reproductive, Therapeutic and Genetic cloning.
The issues of whether or not cloning is ethical, safe or even actually possible are hotly debated in the scientific, political and religious communities. The amount of debate that has taken place and regulation placed on the scientific community around cloning is so great, it’s a testimony to the level of impact this biotechnology has on society, all in spite of the fact that it’s still not known whether or not the most feared type of cloning, Human Reproductive Cloning, is actually possible.
There’s a perception that, within some of the more radical religious circles, a cloned human, should this ever actually be possible, would be considered to be a “lesser” human than one that is naturally reproduced. The idea too, that a human created outside of the natural processes of reproduction would be considered an “abomination”
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The lack of a “soul” makes the question of religious ethics slightly easier to deal with, but the fear the wider community has of “Frankenstein” creations concocted in labs by irresponsible scientists, causing long-lasting damage to the environment or future species is also something that has to be taken into consideration with all research and experiments performed. Any number of blockbuster films based on the genre goes some way to gauging the way the imaginations of people have perceived this science and it’s possible negative
Technologies’ process to clone humans or animals is unethical because it’s artificial and it interferes with nature. Interfering, can be decided wrong and lead to the domino effect, meaning that it could change the attributes of life or alter negative results. According to Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Internet encyclopedia of philosophy, "Even attempting to perfect human reproductive cloning would entail a trial and error approach that would lead to the destruction of many embryos, and may produce severely disabled children before a healthy one is born". This means, that we would be wasting various amounts of the embryo’s cells before we can perfect a clone. Cloning also goes against religious ethics, for instance, people who have religious beliefs generally oppose the process of cloning human, because they believe it would result in man becoming the creator, and us having the superior power. According to Bob Sullivan, in 2013 NBC News, “For Christians, to bring … a new human or animal life by cloning as opposed to normal sexual reproduction is to ‘play God’ and obtain the power of the creator”. This means that some religions don’t allow this since they believe that a human will be taking control of what God
Cloning is very unpredictable. Because of this, the results are unclear. Therefore, it is likely that people are apprehensive towards this technology in that there is a fifty percent chance the outcome will result negatively. There is no way to understand how human cloning will affect us as a species since the technology to do so has not yet been developed and used (‘Human Cloning”). Not only does human cloning stretch beyond our understanding but also it has a negative connotation in society. As stated in “Human Cloning”, “Expressing the popular distaste for cloning, Clinton stated that it undermines the uniqueness and sacredness of human life” (“Cloning”). It is evident that cloning provides for a negative connotation. If the technology and science behind human cloning were to be stable and provide for a predictable outcome, it would be a less controversial topic in society. Undeniably the unpredictable nature of human cloning proves that the science behind it is far too advanced for our wisdom to use it
There are some people that have been very anxious with cloning because they believe it is something new, but in reality it was introduced in the 1950s. It started with cloning food and has moved onto cloning animals. It has been successful on many different cases and a famous one is the cloning of a sheep named Dolly. Dolly lived to be six and a half years old and she had six kids. People believe that cloning should be illegal but we believe that scientists should clone endangered or extinct species in order to preserve them, here’s why.
What I am going to talk to you about is a science experiment known as cloning.Although cloning has its negatives it also has positives such as giving life to a new being.We as human beings may not see eye to eye but cloning can go as far as saving lives,or even better,cloning Us Army troops.If your ideal goal is to make America great again we should be cloning 24/7 to get ahead of all the other countries who will misuse it.I’m not trying to make a movie scene here but with double the troops we have double the power and that would mean that no other superpower like Russia will mess around with the US.no one will want a piece of the US military. Also,cloning animals has many great things added to it but cloning humans is so much better in comparison.For example, In the article Reasons to Clone Human beings we get reasons such as gay couples would now to be able to have children of their own which is great.We can also clone organ donors to have more organs for those people in need.Or better yet just clone the whole human body itself.
In some ways, the never-ending scientific possibilities of our time have continued to exceed our expectations. Within the 20th century there has been new medical research on stem cell research, and we have successfully completed organ transplants—more recently face and skin transplants. Without progressions like this from science, many would not be alive today. But when does science take it too far? Is there a moral reason to continue…or a stopping point? If so, who determines where to draw the line? Science has already made it possible to clone an animal (Solter). Now, the idea of cloning humans is within our
Many people have asked, "Why would anyone want to clone a human being?" There are at least two good reasons: to allow families to conceive twins of exceptional individuals, and to allow childless couples to reproduce. In a free society we must also ask, "Are the negative consequences sufficiently compelling that we must prohibit consenting adults from doing this?" We will see that in general they are not. Where specific abuses are anticipated, these can be avoided by targeted laws and regulations, which I will suggest below.
Meanwhile, many people are born or become infertile due to an accident they could have had, these people are constantly being judged by everyone else, but now cloning can help them be a parent. They say things that hurt their
Although the majority of arguments for human cloning come from the medical world, many secular ones arise in the debate as well. "Nancy Murphy of the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena said she hoped that ethicists, `Would concentrate their efforts on saying what we should do with this [cloning], rather then saying it shouldn't be done, because people have rightly said it can't be prevented.'" (Garvey 6). Along the lines of Murphy's thought on the issue, Shapiro provides his insights:
II. Thesis Statement: Today I will entice you on the myth of human cloning and explain to you why it should be prohibited.
Cloning has opened the doors and provided optional ways to resolve various world problems. Right now, cloning is being used for many purposes in improving the lives of the people, especially therapeutic and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning is leading to find new treatments or cures for common diseases that are affecting people around the world, while the goal of reproductive cloning allows people to produce things that died to help seek redress for their losses, and the idea of cloning more things can be used to serve difficult tasks in the world. Not only that, cloned animals are used for their organs to replace damaged parts of a human body. The science of cloning can lead to many unknown consequences; however, we should not consider
Many ethical and moral dilemmas arise when discussing human cloning, and one can have many positions for and against each. To understand the issues surrounding human cloning, one must have a basic
While we have the state of the art technologies and the result of a successful cloning of the infamous lamb known as Dolly, should we take the next step and begin human cloning? If I were to carry the super DNA that scientists are wanting to explore in the lab, would I allow myself to be duplicated? Absolutely not! Replicating a human is not only wrong on ethical grounds but also a threat to our existence! The biggest concern is how far will humans attempt to control nature? Therefore, I do not believe that cloning should be allowed based on my teleological outlook.
When people talk about cloning the bible is usually taken out on a person that is for cloning. Religion now a day has just decided to pretty much ignore the topic and forget about it. If humans were cloned they say that there would be a huge inbreeding problem and the world will start having even more population than what is necessary. Cloning is pretty much just a huge issue without an end; it’s something that you can argue on and on about.
Science today is developing at warp speed. We have the capability to do many things, which include the cloning of actual humans! First you may ask what a clone is? A clone is a group of cells or organisms, which are genetically identical, and have all been produced from the same original cell. There are three main types of cloning, two of which aim to produce live cloned offspring and one, which simply aims to produce stem cells and then human organs. These three are: reproductive cloning, embryo cloning and therapeutic cloning. The goal of therapeutic cloning is to produce a healthy copy of a sick person's tissue or organ for transplant, and the goal of both reproductive cloning and embryo cloning is to
Scientific experimentation has led us to many great discoveries such as: Chemotherapy, heart surgery, and bone marrow transplants. Recently scientists have discovered a new way to heal humans. This is known as cloning. Although they have yet to clone a human they have cloned sheep. Cloning has brought up a huge controversy among the American people. There are two sides to the story. Either you agree with cloning or you don’t. The only way to help make that decision is to look at the good and bad points of cloning.