Hitler wanted to create a perfect race. If cloning were a possibility during his rein, would he have succeeded? The idea of genetically duplicating a dictator is not new. In Ira Levin's 1976 book, The Boys from Brazil an ex-Nazi bred a generation of Hitler Youth boys cloned from cells left behind by the fuehrer. To think this could be a possibility is frightening. To consider the cloning of the human race, forces us to question the concepts of right and wrong. The cloning of any species, whether they are human or animal, is ethically and morally wrong. Scientists and ethicists alike have debated extensively the implications of human and animal cloning since 1997 when scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland produced "Dolly". There were no direct conclusions. However, compelling arguments state cloning of both humans and animals result in harmful physical and psychological effects.

The possible physical damage done if human cloning became a reality is obvious when you look at the sheer loss of life, which occurred before the birth of Dolly. Less than ten percent of the initial transfers survived were healthy. There were 277 trial implants of nuclei. Nineteen of those 277 were healthy

material, what happens if we lose the ability to clone? We would have to resort to natural reproduction, causing us to inbreed, which will cause many problems. In addition, if a population of organisms has the same genetic information, then the disease would wipe out the entire population.

Another aspect we have to consider is the moral values we are instilling in our children.

A major problem with the use of cloning on a large scale is the decline in genetic diversity and the decline in the gene pool. Think about it, if everyone has the same genetic

The psychological effects of cloning are less obvious, but nonetheless, very plausible. In addition to physical harms, there are worries about the psychological harms on cloned human children. Some are concerned of the moral rights of clones, because clones are not granted the birth of newness. We would not receive clones with such excitement as a child conceived naturally. The psychological harms, which could affect a cloned child, range from loss of identity, loss of individuality, and loss of uniqueness. Human cloning is damaging to the family as well as the cloned child. What would the psychological impact be if a cloned child found out it were a clone? If cloning humans became a reality, then we as humans would need to look at the definition of self.

Our children are going to grow up; they are growing up in an entirely different age than we did. They have different ideas. If we want our children to have the same kind of values and ideas that we have we are going to have to make a decision about what we want to teach them. Do we want our children believing it is okay to clone an animal or human, which will eventually be destroyed in the name of science? When teaching moral values on cloning, who will have the honors, the schools or the parents? How do we maintain some kind of enforcement over teaching about cloning to our children? We already have problems in this area pertaining to other issues. Who will make the decision on what information our children will receive?

The sheer loss of life in both humans and animals, as well as, the possible transmission of diseases are enough to prove cloning i

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