Human Cloning
Introduction Cloning is the production of a group of genetically identical cells or organisms, all descended from a single individual. ... There are some types of natural cloning that nature displays. ... Another type of asexual reproduction found in all animals, human beings included, is the formation of identical twins, triplets, and so on. ... Humans have learned from nature and started their cloning saga also. Grafting is another method of cloning used in Horticulture. ... The 1993 cloning of nonviable human embryos has raised considerable ethical questions about the uses of this technology. ... Human genetic material is routinely patented. We need careful investigation of alternatives to human and animal patenting. ... The Ethics of Cloning Regardless of what our future holds, it will be based on the decisions we make today. ... Using Rule Utilitarianism which maintains that a behavioral code or rule is morally right if the consequences of adopting that rule are more favorable than unfavorable to everyone is justifably noted that if a consensus is formed on the basis of rules that govern cloning, and these rules are broken, the appropriate punishment will result. This is because cloning a human will not benefit the society as a whole, it would do more harm than good. ... To decide if human cloning produces the greatest amount of happiness we have one question still in need of an answer is "Are human embryos really human?" Well, the term human preceding the term embryo should adequately answer the question. The embryo is cloned from human tissue, contain human DNA, thus there is likely a 100 percent chance that the embryos are indeed human, as opposed to being tadpole embryos. Therefore, biologically speaking a clone is no less a human than you or I. And using that human for tissue simply because he was cloned rather than conceived does not validate the notion, nor skip around the moral and ethical implications of taking the life of another human being. ... The bad consequences out way the good, therefore we cannot assume that the benefit of human cloning will solve lifes problems. ... This is because most diseases have a way of surviving, as did the human race during the ice age. Everything finds a way to adapt to its environment and if the benefits major benefit for cloning is to cure diseases, then we are at a loss. ... Cloning is Morally Wrong For humans to consider the cloning of one another forces them all to question the very concepts of right and wrong. The cloning of any species, whether they are human or non-human, is morally wrong. Scientists and ethicists alike have debated the implications of human and non-human cloning extensively since 1997.