Your opinion and perspective on human cloning?

Answer 1

i think its sick and unethical

Answer 2

Cloning is the huge step that man has taken on his path towards 'PLAYING GOD'.It is indeed a great milestone in Science.Man is making the best use of the resources that God has given him.

There are a lot of misconceptions regarding cloning.Most popular of these misconceptions is the theory that the clone of a person will think as that person would.This is infact totally wrong.Though the clones share the genes from thier parent, they come to the world through a different source (Womb) than the original thereby, there are a lot more differences in clones then there are differences in Twins.So we cannot think of getting another Einstein or another Hitler. The clone of Einstein need not be brilliant as himself.

Cloning as an ethical issue is deliberate to handle.There can be a strong argument put against cloning religiously.But eventually, the truth is man has broken the genetic code.It may be blunt but its the truth. Man can now design a baby inch by inch for his customization. So cloning as an achievement can be allowed while cloning as a BUSINESS must be strictly prohibited.

Therapeutic cloning is one another branch of cloning that promises to give more satisfying results.This deserves a welcome as it can help man take another big step towards PLAYING GOD, Curing.Hence Cloning is an art ;its an achievement. We must give our applauses to the minds that have worked on this dream and made it true.

Answer 3

That is a very difficult question to handle. We have the technology to do this. However, the ethics behind cloning is ambiguous. From a medical perspective, there is no question that cloning, stem cell research, etc. will bring additional insights into the handling and resolution of many diseases.

From a theological perspective, it would be difficult to come to grips with this issue. Being a Catholic, there are difficulties in the Church resolving or accepting this. For most of the evangelical churchs, I think that is the case as well.

Answer 4

I think it's great, we should push toward it as quickly as possible. Especially stem cells. Personally, having many friends with missing digits and/or appendages, having the ability to vat-grow a replacement would be a huge boon to society (and, as an added bonus, reduce the number of parking spaces that have to be labelled for the handicapped).

Now, for something less than a glib, off the cuff answer, you must consider the religious and their feelings on the matter. The two biggest arguments seem to relate to the sanctity of life (regarding stem-cell research) and the fear of proving that the soul doesn't exist. Of course, the soul, if it exists at all, would most likely not be proved or disproved if a perfect, working clone was created, because the soul is inherently unprovable by it's very definition. And if clones worked fine, there would be plenty of theological hypothesis to explain it; the soul is infinite and not bound by size or number of bodies it belongs to. If they didn't, there would be a reason we could test for.
If anything, the only way we could prove the existence of a soul would be to clone a human (or other being that had a soul, of course).
As for sanctity of life, I would rather that productive members of society are cured of AIDS, cancer, etc., than increasing our population through unplanned births, but that's just me and my opinion.

Answer 5

Only once it's perfect. Currently some clones end up deformed... and you would need the permission of someone before you cloned them. If I had a terminal illness I might get a clone of myself...

Answer 6

I think it should be allowed but only in certain cases for instance making clones to go work for you is not a very good thing to do. But like if you died in a freak accident wouldn't you be happy knowing that though your dead your legacy and you physically are living? Other then that i think its all up to what people would want to do with it of course some people would abuse it because that's a lot of power to wield isn't it?

Answer 7

I FEEL THAT IT IS INDEED UNETHICAL, UNNATURAL, AND IMMORAL. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE MOVIE " THE ISLAND" THEY WERE MAKING CLONES AND HARVESTING THEM FOR BODY PARTS. THAT'S CRAZY. PEOPLE HAVE NO BOUNDARIES ANYMORE.

Answer 8

you can't do it and if you did the clone would confuse people

Answer 9

No, no and no, but money always talks big fattys doesn't it.



Go Bucks!

Answer 10

if it can help society in some way, especially if it can somehow help cure diseases, i am all for it.