From religious perspective, human cloning and cloned embryos means interference in God's decision. Secondly, human cloning would allow homosexuals to have their own children, who would have similar genes (Bonnicksen, 2002)
Cloning can allow human beings to alter and modify genes. Parents would have in their hands to select desirable attributes and genes, which they would want in their children (Brannigan, 2001)
This is because scientists have the knowledge and power to clone humans and thus, in the future, they would take the opportunity to clone humans. Human cloning can be constructive as well as destructive (Cole-Turner, 1997)
In the light of ethics and religion, there are different perspectives regarding human cloning. Critics oppose human cloning and assert that the purpose of human cloning is to provide lucrative opportunities for third parties (Kass & Wilson, 1998)
In the future, human cloning would change the face of humanity as human beings would be playing the role of God. In the call for perfect society, individuals with defects would be removed from the face of society (Wilmut & Highfield, 2006)
Cloning Human Cloning The cloning of human beings is both fascinating and highly controversial. It creates a copy of a human that is genetically identical to one that is already in existence (Russel; 27)
When people are born, they are all genetically different from one another, so cloning would produce a very different dynamic between one person and his or her identical clone. The exception to this difference is identical twins, who are basically clones of one another (de Grey & Rae, 44)
On that day, we were introduced to Dolly, a 6-month-old lamb that had been cloned directly from a single cell taken from the breast tissue of an adult donor." (Brannigan, 10) But that was a sheep and as of today, there have been no confirmed occurrences of any human beings having been cloned
The public cheerleading of Varmus and others, without a doubt, helped make stem cells a household word and set a high (and unrealistic) expectation that therapies for a host of debilitating cell-based diseases were just around the corner." (Five Years Later, Stem Cells Still Tantalize) It is important to note that since 1996 the United States government under George W
But she said last week's decision limits research." (Hughes) This type of human cloning has the potential to completely change medicine and could ultimately transform the entire spectrum of human life and health
Making ninety six human beings grow where only one grew before." (Huxley, 3) In 'Brave New World', cloning represented the general mood of the citizens to wipe out a bitter past and seek a more utopian society after the devastating effects of World War I
The aim of deontological theory is to define the basic normative principles that provide sound justification for this ethical position." (Kellenberger, 85
For Bentham and Mill, the Good is the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people." (Lisman, 19) This implies that man's value can be derived solely by utility
This problem could be dealt with by using artificial insemination with government-approved sperm." (Pollock, 73) Real Uses As demonstrated by the example of Dolly the sheep, man currently can and regularly does a great many cloning experiments which clearly alter other living things being and lives
Think of Newton, of Darwin, of Einstein, of Watson and Crick." (Schilpp, 14) Cloning and the Media There is a definite interest around the world about human and animal cloning
His first objection involves the interpretation of cloning as an "unethical experiment on the child-to-be," not only because of the possible mishaps that can occur, but because a future clone could not consent to its creation. (Mappes 566) Secondly, Kass brings up the idea of identity and individuality, and exactly who is the clone, and what is their relationship with the DNA donor and other family members
Those against cloning and stem cell research point out the fact that even if an embryo were cloned, it still deserves the right to live. Thus, there is the time-honored debate between "right to life advocates and researchers" (Rifkin 143) regarding the ethical implications of cloning
The most common justifications for cloning fall under the categories of utility and autonomy. Utility arguments include the desire to make more of yourself in order to have a larger impact on the world, replacing a dead child with a genetic duplicate, making a clone to provide bone marrow or organs to an original person, or producing individuals with higher or lower mental capacities to perform designated tasks (Kilner 2002)
So far, these federal laws have had little success in passing primarily because the United States laws regarding reproduction respect autonomy and individual choice. "Law that would prevent the birth of a first clone are difficult because they traverse complex jurisprudential ground: protecting an as-yet nonexistent life against reproductive dangers, in a western world that, in statutory and case law at least, favors autonomy" (McGee 2011)
Both sides of the cloning conundrum have been guilty of using certain tactics to dismiss the observations of their enemy. This straw man technique is a tactic in which the views of the opponents are oversimplified and exaggerated so that the original point is distorted (Moore 2007)