Is cloning wrong or not?
...e memories of the individual that passed away could be passed on to handle the clone, but it is still a clone. It may remember the times that it shared with friends and family, but it just was not the body that was there to enjoy the time with friends and family. Sure, an argument for cloning may say that if there were a ten year old boy who was very ill, and that was the parents’ only child, then they may welcome the cloning. The parents would pay any amount of money to have their child back. There is no price on life. If there were two kids in the same hospital right next to each other, and they were both very ill, and there is the chance to save one by cloning him or watching him die, most parents would choose a clone. This is a very strong argument for cloning. There is another good question that can be asked about cloning. Who will provide the necessary love and care for a child that they know did not come naturally? Cloning in the field of medicine could have practical applications. For example, genes from humans that produce necessary proteins could be included in the animal DNA so that the animal would produce that protein in its milk or blood. That protein could then be extracted and used in treatment for various human diseases or disorders. This could lead to the prevention and/or cure for AIDS and cancer. Genetic defects could also be cured with cloning technology. A genetic defect is a mutation in which the DNA has been altered and caused an abnormality in the body. People who wish to have a child could be tested for possible mutations in the DNA, and a genetic solution could be created and injected into the still developing egg. Mutations are natural, but when an abnormality occurs it is a hard thing for a person to live with. Through cloning technology, genetic defects could be treated enabling the person affected the possibility of longer life. When transplants are needed, it could give physicians the ability to create body parts through DNA. For example, a kidney can be grown outside the body using the patients’ own DNA and used in a transplant without the fear of rejection. However, cloning is wrong. Cloning is unethical and is not needed in society. Many, if not all, religions agree with the ban of cloning human beings. It has also been argued that cloning would diminish individuality as well. Whether or not cloning is ethical, at this time cloning human beings should be, and is, banned. Humans have evolved since the beginning of time, getting smarter and adapting more to the environment in which they live. From a religious stand point it can also be argued. As the bible shows there is life after death. The bible never said that there is life after life. Although not all scientists and people believe in the bible, there are believers in quote God’s words more? The argument for all this is that God gave human a mind, reason and cloning would just be advancement in science thanks to the good mind that God himself gave human. As rabbi Bernard King of Irvine, California asked, the cloning creates a soul? ( Rottenburg 225). Many religions believe that humans have an everlasting soul, which lives on after life. Scientists do not create a soul, God does. God gives life and he takes it away. Humans without souls would be used as nothing but slaves as stated by the Catholic priest Father Sanders (Rottenburg 225). Individuality would be abolished if the human genome was duplicated. They would be multitudes of identical or similar types of bodies, less distinct, less unique, and less sovereign (Rottenburg 230). The idea of a perfect human would be met, whether it is a blonde hair blue-eyed girl or a boy with a washboard stomach. People would become drones and would be produced in order to fill the needs that society sees fit. Clones would be told what they were, what they are, and what they will become. They will have no say in their life, they would be instructed what job they will do and would be aide with the features needed to excel in it. Denmark’s Minister of Research agrees to the idea of cloning, or at least starting the cloning experiments. By votes of 11 to 5, the pro side has won the argument for cloning research. According to the Lancet magazine, researchers are about to be ready to start cloning as soon as legalizati...