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The Cloning Of The Sheep

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The successful cloning of “Dolly” the sheep caused a worldwide reaction. Many arguments as to whether it is morally acceptable to clone a human being have taken place, resulting in human cloning being legal in some countries while illegal in others. There are two forms of cloning, reproductive and therapeutic. In Britain therapeutic cloning is legal, if you have a license, whereas reproductive cloning is illegal. 41% of Americans are against cloning in general and 87% are against producing a child through cloning. Are they right to have their concerns?Also, some religions are against cloning humans for moral reasons. Catholic, Muslim and Jewish religions believe cloning to be morally wrong as it turns man into the creator, as opposed to god. Granted, other medical procedures such as heart transplants could be considered playing god. However these procedures save lives, whereas cloning is not essential for emergency life saving procedures and brings a lot of problems. Cloning frightens people because they worry about creating a real life Jekyll and Hyde. The concept of modifying people would be encouraged. While this may appear to be science fiction these concerns should not be dismissed just yet. Physically, science would allow the clones to be designed, as if factory made. Evidently, this will cause a lack of diversity in the world as all the disliked, “ugly” characteristics are filtered out. Hence the population will become too alike. An army of people the exact same could

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