Just imagine in approximately 20-30 years time cloning becomes legal. Would you clone yourself for any reason.
2006-10-15 04:56:42 · 17 answers · asked by Ahmed M 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
God, I hope that doesn't happen. Animals yes, maybe even single human organs, but cloning people is just a moral quagmire.
2006-10-15 04:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by swordsdragonsanddietcoke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a point needs to be clarified about "cloning". The sci-fi clones grown in a bottle or something have not been created for any animal. The famous Dolly the Sheep was born to another sheep; all cloned mammals to date, and for the forseeable future, have had mothers.
Even if somebody did clone a human, they would presumably do it the same way; fertilise an egg with chosen genetic material without recourse to a father's genes.
That person would then be born, be it by natural or caesarian means. They would thus have a mother, a birthday, and in developed countries at least, a birth certificate and exactly the same legal rights and obligations as anybody else.
Thus nightmare scenarios of human clones raised for their spare parts are not realistic; they would be full citizens, and could be no more legally harvested for organs etc. than anybody else can.
That said, i think it's biologically a bad idea; there are a wholerange of natural mechanisms to prevent self-fertilisation occurring naturally. If it was a good idea, it would occur more widely (it does in some animals, but not mammals normally).
2006-10-15 12:15:26 · answer #2 · answered by Paul FB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't have any reason to clone my whole self -but possibly would clone just a kidney or heart if I needed a transplant. If the transplant was a clone, then the need for anti-rejectuion drugs would be avoided.
2006-10-15 12:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by WildOtter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if it were possible to transfer the contents of my brain to the new body. Beyond that, there is nothing suitably noteworthy about my existence to warrant duplication.
I foresee cloning as a source of spare parts rather than a vehicle for immortality.
2006-10-15 12:07:01 · answer #4 · answered by yellowcab208 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not agree with the cloning of whole humans, think of the mistakes along the way and the potential abuse of the process by rich people and mad scientists. I am a scientist but not mad yet, some things are just not meant to be tamperred with.
2006-10-15 14:07:14 · answer #5 · answered by mandg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I appreciate diversity in everything around me & believe we are all unique for a reason. I would never clone myself or any other living thing.
2006-10-15 12:05:28 · answer #6 · answered by Ivyvine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I dissagree with it - the only kind of clones that we should have are the ones that nature gives up (identical twins ect). Think of the problems it could cause...
2006-10-15 12:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd take a clone of myself, i like me :)
2006-10-15 12:04:38 · answer #8 · answered by newmomma 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am an only child . My parents took one look at me and decided
not to have another child ! So why the hell should I want another one of me ?
2006-10-15 12:07:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a great idea is it?? who wants a world where you will end up with just s few of the same people
2006-10-15 11:58:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋