The ethics of human cloning has become a big issue in resent years. In fact, the argument for both sides whether human cloning is right or wrong has taken place globally. The definition of a human cloning is ?gthe production of genetically identical organisms via somatic cell nuclear transfer (The American Medical Association, 1998).?h In other words, human cloning is the way of making an identical, or copy of the genetic material of an individual human being. I'll explore the both sides of the argument, pros and cons of human cloning.
There are several reasons why human cloning is expected to benefit mankind. First of all, rejuvenation is a key argument for advocate of human cloning. Human cloning technology could be used to reverse hear attacks. Human Cloning Foundation (1998) states that by injecting cloned healthy heart cells i
On the other hand, there are mainly four reasons why cloning should not take place. The American Medical Association (1998) states that 1) there are unknown physical harms introduced by cloning, 2) unknown psychosocial harms introduced by cloning, including violations of autonomy and privacy, 3) impacts on familial and societal relations, and 4) potential effects on the human gene pool (Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 5). It said we still don?ft know where the harms come from. With cloning, the natural process of selection of genes would be bypassed and evolution would be impaired. Those four points are clear to me; however, there will be more problems than we can even imagine as human cloning has actually been allowed. Especially, the impacts on societal relations will be huge issue because cloning will change the general idea of
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