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Ethical implications of human cloning
Ethical implications of human cloning
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hanso
4/3/09
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Advocates of human cloning claim that it could be of incredible medical benefit to patients with diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Advocated suggest that human cloning could help provide organs for those in need of transplants.
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theres22
10/16/09
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If all this time and resource has gone into the research already and; what is now possible from this research...it would be extemely counter productive and therefore uneconomical, for any production resulting from it, failing. then it must be the extent and usefulness of the capabilities of this end to be the most important factor...from a non-sceince background I think if handled in the correct context it may not all be such bad idea.
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animartco
10/4/09
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Human, or any other cloning is bad for one big reason- it reduces genetic diversity. On a very small scale it may be useful for preserving a species that has only two or three individuals still existing. As regards human cloning,taking the cells of a dying loved one to create a new life is borderline defensible. Cloning embryos for research is also borderline until the heart starts to beat. After that it is a life.
There is a lot of nonsense talked about clones. They are not soulless zombies. If brought to term they are as viable as any other living organism. The only difference is that a set of clones are all geneticaly the same, and therefore, if a disease is introduced they will all live or all die. The 'all live' part of it is nice, but the 'all die' part is not something we want to happen to any population.
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animartco
10/4/09
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Human, or any other cloning is bad for one big reason- it reduces genetic diversity. On a very small scale it may be useful for preserving a species that has only two or three individuals still existing. As regards human cloning,taking the cells of a dying loved one to create a new life is borderline defensible. Cloning embryos for research is also borderline until the heart starts to beat. After that it is a life.
There is a lot of nonsense talked about clones. They are not soulless zombies. If brought to term they are as viable as any other living organism. The only difference is that a set of clones are all geneticaly the same, and therefore, if a disease is introduced they will all live or all die. The 'all live' part of it is nice, but the 'all die' part is not something we want to happen to any population.
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hmsenterpris
9/2/09
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THIS IMPLYS THAT THE CLONED HUMAOIDS WOULD BE KILLED FOR THEIR BODY PARTS. THE VERY THOUGHT OT IT SENDS COLD CHILLS UP MY SPINE. THANK GOD I WON'T BE AROUND TO SEE IT HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT THE ARGUEMENTS FOE DECIDING ISSUES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND MORAL GROUNDS
ARE VERY BIG RIGHT NOW, HOWEVER I STAND ON THE SIDE OF MAKING MORAL JUDGEMENTS.
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Mallorean
4/3/09
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Some scientists believe that human cloning might lead to ways to slow or stop the aging process, though how this might be brought about remains unclear.
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