cloning-moral or not?

Question

i personally believe it is completley immoral!!! tell me your side!

Answer 1

That's a very complicated (not to mention controversial) issue! I'm of the opinion that morality in general is not universal. What's moral to me may be immoral to you.

I feel that the reason for cloning, as well as the impact it may have on those involved, factor into the morality. If it were possible, say, to clone a healthy person's kidneys (and only the kidneys) to distribute them to people of a compatible blood type who need a kidney, I'd say that cloning is moral. No one got hurt and it helped people live out their full lifespan.

On the flip side, cloning an entire living, breathing, feeling, thinking person so that the person can be harvested for organs later is immoral, as is cloning a person so that they can live forever and attain immortality.

These are my opinions based on my personal values. Some people may find nothing wrong with the prospect of immortality, so for them, cloning for that purpose would not be immoral. I can't imagine that any good person would be okay with harvesting organs from a living person who needs them. That seems psychotic to me. (There's a movie called "The Island" that deals with cloning in this context. It's about clones being harvested for their organs.)

Answer 2

let me answer your question, with a question. Does the reason for cloning change whether the act is moral or not?

ets say we were cloning body parts, to help the sick, i'd say it would be imoral to not clone if you have the technology.
Cloning to produce an army? harder to judge

Answer 3

i just think it's wrong. period.