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Persuasive Essay On Cloning

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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” …show more content…

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

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