Some say human cloning is immoral but I cannot understand why? What is the problem? Some say that clones won't be fully human, won't have rights, or won't have souls but why wouldn't they? "Test tube" babies were once considered bad by some but are now accepted. They have rights, souls, etc.
2006-09-01 01:17:36 · 7 answers · asked by kemchan2 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think that the problem llies more with the way that clones are made and what will be done with them.
In a nutshell, to clone a human, you need to start with a human egg which has had its genetic material removed. A nucleus from an adult cell of the person to be cloned, containing all the DNA from that person, is then inserted into the prepared egg. Division occurs, and development into an embryo should result.
The problem is that the technology to clone humans isn't quite perfected yet. Experiments in which animals have been cloned have resulted in a lot of mistakes along the way. Many embryos don't survive, and sometimes, the cloned animals suffer health problems.
If you believe that life begins at conception, sacrificing a lot of embryos along the way to obtain a clone is morally appalling.
Moreover, for what purpose are the clones to be used? Will people clone themselves so that they have a source of body parts and disease-free tissue in case they fall ill at a later date? Will parents clone their dying or dead children? If a person wants to have a child, is cloning necessarily the best way to go about it? Combining sperm and egg results in more genetic variety, which is advantageous for us as a species, after all. Cloning humans opens up a Pandora's box of ethical issues that aren't easily resolvable.
Human clones, if successfully made someday, will be people in their own right, and should have all the rights that others have.
Hope this helps! :)
2006-09-01 02:15:20 · answer #1 · answered by chrissyberry 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any new technology, especially medical/biological, is preceded by a wave of fear and distrust. When vaccination was a new technique, many said it was an abomination of nature (or a conspiracy to infect the masses with a plague). Eventually, as the tech stops being so cutting edge, people get used to it and it becomes part of ordinary life.
Cloning is slightly different because the legal system is not setup for identical people, it can't even handle twins well. There is simply no precendent to draw on, every legal question will have to be answered from scratch, which scares the crud out of law makers. There was an episode of the TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, in which one twin killed a man while the other had a perfect alibi, but no one could tell which twin had done it, so they couldn't prosecute. Now imagine -everyone- can do that.
2006-09-01 02:38:02 · answer #2 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ppl have understood the wrong thing about cloning technology. Yes cloning can creat chaos and panic, but its a beautiful sceince and will serve as human spare parts manufacturing. Yes there is always a bad side of every thing and its the technology we use it in a right way.
2006-09-01 01:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by senthil r 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you clone is a very great subject which many poeple dont even think about but cloning leads to another subject genetic engineering just think what we could do better hearts strong bodys. thing add some cybernetics are life span would be for 100's of years lol i dont think s.s. would like that
2006-09-01 04:02:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why play God(who i think has done a great job of maintaining the population of the earth)?
2006-09-01 01:25:14 · answer #5 · answered by premchandj 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religous upbringing is the problem.
It warps minds.
2006-09-01 02:46:02 · answer #6 · answered by Keenu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you imagine TWO Hillary Clintons?... brrrrrrrr....
2006-09-01 01:22:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋