With cloning quickly becoming a controversial topic some “supposed” arguments against cloning are that it is wrong to play God, cloning is wrong in that it breaches the individuality of humans, and clones would be considered less than human. In exploring the first of these arguments it is very clear that this ties into faith and religion. The point of many cloning critics is that cloning humans is against the will of Providence. However, it is mentioned in the Bible that man was created in the likeness of God (Bible, 1). In order to be more like God, which is his will, we can duplicate what he created. God will not be displeased, but instead be pleased with this major accomplishment. An even greater controversy are the rights of the clones. Critics of cloning fear that clones would not be treated as normal humans and would thus be subjugated to inferior treatment. The same was said about babies created through in vitro fertilization, babies conceived outside the womb, and babies created by sperm donation. But discrimination did not take place then so why should it be expected now? Also the U. S. Constitution strongly implies that once a human fetus is outside the womb and alive, he has rights. Decisions backing this up give him rights to inherit property, rights not to suffer discrimination because of disability, and rights to U. S. citizenship (Pence 3). Because of these reasons clones would definitely be treated the same way as normal people and will not be rejected by society because of their resemblance
2007-11-25
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