Cloning Morals
Cloning Morals
Cloning over the years has been gaining widespread popularity in both a supportive and controversial matter. With great ideas such as cloning comes great power to our world, and the pros and cons of it need to be examined in great detail. In 2001 the possibility of cloning was said to be near in the future along with massive advancements in technology. A general law was later passed against cloning soon after its discovery thus portraying how human cloning should not be a part of our lives.
In 1997 British scientist by the name of Ian Wilmut successfully cloned a sheep named Dolly. This overwhelmed the scientific world as the success of the experiment is considered an incredible
achievement in science. However, ethics and morals arise to show that cloning needs to be regulated. It is understood that individuality is the most important part of life. This brings about the fear that if a human were to be cloned, the clone may only be produced to live without purpose, which could cause severe emotional damage as well pain and suffering for them. One of the worse possible outcomes of cloning is that evolution could come to a halt because or limited diversity, causing a recession in social advancements. Cloning would not only hurt our world’s progression, but also our society in general.
How will the clones be treated in our society? Clone’s emotions need to be taken in to consideration since they are still humans. “What is common to these various views, however, is a shared understanding that being a person is different from being the manipulated object of other peoples desires and expectations”(Biomedical Ethics). Emotional distress will be dispersed through clones as they would naturally be tested on constantly. Relationship problems between families will arise as it will give a lot of stress for the clone when one parent would come from an egg donor and the other coming from a laboratory. The bond between the clone and the parents who care for the clone may have awkward encounters. The love provided for most children will become absent as the clone is considered to be an experiment rather than a child.
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