Should Cloning Be Researched?

There are many arguments against cloning. Leon R. Kass bases his argument on repugnance in his article The Wisdom of Repugnance. He is a well-known physician, educator and scientist. Kass perceives cloning as offensive, grotesque revolting, repulsive and wrong. To establish his argument he states, “Most people recoil from the prospect of mass production or human being, with large clones of look-alikes, compromised in their individuality.”1 His rationale is cloning is unnatural, because it is asexual and requires only one parent. Kass believes that cloning turns natural procreation into a manufactured process, which is not natural or moral. In his essay he also points out that cloning will also change the way we see ourselves through our

Cloning is “the creation of exact copies of a gene, cell, or entire organism” (“Cloning”). Many objects can be cloned such as plants and cells. The topic of cloning becomes controversial when the focus is toward humans. It is evident that cloning of other species and organisms is possible. Because of this, the thought of human cloning has arisen in the science community within the previous few centuries. According to a poll produced by Time Magazine, ninety-three percent of American’s are opposed to human cloning (“Human Cloning”). This proves that the advancement of this topic has developed far beyond our wisdom. If nearly one hundred percent of the population disagrees with even the idea of this experiment, it is evident that they are unaware of the ways in which this technology has advanced. Furthermore, this unpredictable outcome of cloning will be irreversible. “Whatever effects cloning might have, cloning would be like opening Pandora’s Box, because there would be no way to turn back once the technology was developed and in use” (“Human Cloning”). As has been noted, the science of human cloning is not yet understood therefore it has advanced far too quickly for society to

Cloning: is it the future of medicine and the curing of diseases or is it the beginning of an unholy tragedy? Cloning needs to be looked into for the fact it could help save many people 's lives. Before I decided to study the subject I had no idea how much cloning could help us as the human race. Cloning is a very promising field of study and could hold the key to the future of what it means to be human.

Undoubtedly, cloning is one of the many disagreements between science and religion that raise many questions when brought up within society. Articles,

Since the 1970’s cloning has been a topic of debate with politicians, churches, scientist and many others. Some important questions need to be asked and understood. What exactly is cloning? Are there different types of cloning? What is the moral or ethical consequences to cloning? Are there any problems or effects associated with cloning? The final question would be, what effects would cloning have on the legal or medical fields? Before anyone can make a stand for or against cloning they should be educated on the processes and outcomes. With answering these questions and material covered my Gregory Pence, my stand on cloning is clear.

In addition, there are individuals who approve of the idea of cloning and do not have a problem with “making life” identical to what already exists. These individuals argue that cloning can and should be used for medical purposes, and can also provide nations with accessible clones to do “dirty jobs” or participate in the military forces in order to benefit the country. Others decide that cloning is justifiable in order to replace a deceased child or pet or to even enable infertile couples to have children. While many people agree that cloning can be beneficial, I argue the idea that they may be ignoring one huge key factor – this act is a violation of nature. To be a human, one must have the qualities of a human, which include emotions and unique personal thoughts. Will a clone have their own unique distinguishable thoughts as well? The process and implementation of cloning removes our individuality and God-given abilities as humans. The idea of creating a completely separate entity, a living, breathing entity not created by the Creator is in my opinion, ethical injustice.

Did you know that we have the technology to change the world as we know it? With this, the cure for cancer, Parkinson's, and even heal the paralyzed can become a reality. It’s sound’s amazing but it comes at a cost. The technology I am talking about is cloning. Although it can have major benefits it is a very controversial matter. Cloning has been done since the 1950’s with mammals. Cloning animals is only a small contribution to the larger matter at hand. This matter is human cloning. Human cloning has been the major controversy, in the sense that is it morally wrong. Some believe that it isn’t a human's right to play God. In this essay, I am going to inform you on both sides of the argument. To start off we need to know a little about cloning

If a random individual were asked twenty years ago if he/she believed that science could clone an animal, most would have given a weird look and responded, “Are you kidding me?” However, that once crazy idea has now become a reality, and with this reality, has come debate after debate about the ethics and morality of cloning. Yet technology has not stopped with just the cloning of animals, but now many scientists are contemplating and are trying to find successful ways to clone human individuals. This idea of human cloning has fueled debate not just in the United States, but also with countries all over the world. I believe that it is not morally and ethically right

According to the ethical theory of utilitarianisms, the rightness of act depends on its consequences. “Utilitarian’s believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness)” (Nathanson 1). Cloning can promote happiness. For example, cloning to produce children serve several purposes. Pros of cloning may enables a parent to keep a living connection with a dead/dying child or spouse, enable parents with no eggs and sperm create genetically related children, enable lesbians to have children without the use of donor sperm, enable gay men to have children without the use of donor eggs though a surrogate would have to carry the clone, and animals who are endangered can be cloned to save their species. Not to mention, cloning for biomedical research might lead to advances in medical knowledge and toward treatments and cures. Relating to utilitarianism, from the “2004 VCU Life Sciences Survey”, “fifty percent of respondents in 2003 favored human cloning if it is limited to research for the treatment of disease”

Cloning is biologically defined as “a plant or animal that is grown from one cell of its parent, and that has exactly the same genes as its parent” (“clone”). On the other hand, the majority of the people know the definition of cloning as “a person or thing that appears to be an exact copy of another person or thing” (“clone”). Presented with this definition many people view cloning to be a bad idea, but at the same time it can be argued as a good idea. The topic about cloning can be debated in either way. Knowing the positives and negatives of animal cloning, food cloning, and human cloning can help back up an argument.

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

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.

Cloning is an often discussed topic among the masses. This could range anywhere from a children’s television show, to an intense debate between two influential figures of the science world. As interesting of a prospect that cloning is however, the ethics behind such a scientific process would result in many negatives in this world. Some examples of why the cloning process should be abandoned are as follows: the cost to research and produce these clones is astronomical, and could be used for more beneficial prospects; if the purpose of creating these clones is for organs, science is close to being able to do without creating a life that will end immediately; the likelihood of a genetic mishap in one of these clones is very prevalent; and finally, the amount of discrimination against these clones would likely drive some to suicide or depression, as well as potential lynchings or other hate crimes. For these reasons, and many more, Humanity cannot allow itself to fall into the temptation of creating “artificial” people.

Cloning. A word of highly science fiction-esque and semi-alarming connotation that, when spoken, often brings to mind anything from Star Wars to sheep. The fact of the matter, however, is that most people have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to this subject and there is great controversy in regards to what humanity can do and should do with cloning. Is it ethical? What kind of morals should be reviewed before practicing it? Just how much can we do with this pseudo super power? Well, let’s see just how far humanity and its scientific/technological advances have progressed.

For me to strongly argue against the idea of cloning, there must be an understanding of what exactly it is and the process in which it works. Simply, a clone is a duplicate or genetically identical individual. “The first step of DNA cloning is first to isolate its chromosomal sequences of a single DNA molecule. After this step the DNA clone can be electronically labeled and used as a probe, to further isolate the chromosomal sequence. These chromosomal sequences will represent the whole gene. This process will produce new sets of cloned cells identical to the mother cells. The new set of identical cells are then isolated, and the process is repeated all over again until a complete organ is formed. From this process the resulting baby is genetically identical to the original donor.