The national academy of sciences, while supporting 2001 such socalled therapeutic or research cloning, has opposed 2002 the cloning of humans for reproductive purposes, deeming it unsafe, but many ethicists, religious and political leaders, and others have. Cloning is the process of producing genetically identical individuals of an organism either naturally or artificially. In nature, many organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction. Governments and religious activists alike have spoken out against human cloning. Cloning is a rather separate issue because cloning involves taking a somatic cell that is a cell thats not in your germ line, for example, a skin cell, a liver cell, a kidney cell, a muscle cell and turning that back into an embryo cell.
The technique is, at present, unsafe and the technology is likely to be taken up by such a small proportion of the population that considerations of distributive justice would also support the ban. Compared to the frenzy over human cloning a decade ago, in recent years the issue has received very little political attention, despite the recent breakthroughs in therapeutic cloning by us scientists see bionews 705 and 751. In the case of human cloning, this is done by fusing the human dna into a human egg causing it to divide and grow. The legal and ethical issues of cloning that make it. Until the cloning of dolly the sheep in 1996 by scientists at the roslin institute, the idea of cloning a mammal, let alone a human being, was an idea relegated to science fiction. The fight for or against control, dislike or hatred of clones, and justification of cloning. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories. Fictional works that deal with cloning as either an important element or the main theme. On the scientific side, we see that a large percentage of cloning efforts end in failure. In the cloning sourcebook, raanan gillon examines the arguments against human reproductive cloning and concludes that a temporary ban is justified. The public has been bombarded with newspaper articles, magazine stories, books, television shows, and moviesas well as. Cloning is the process of creating genetically identical copies of biological matter. Though genetically identical, cloned humans are technically due the same rights of any human. Ranked one of 20 most influential business thinkers alive.
Essay about argument against human cloning 1902 words. That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruind choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. These readings have been carefully selected to give a fair representation of the opposing points of view, enabling readers to test the strengths and weaknesses of divergent arguments, the better to. I will be posting two articles, this one dedicated to providing 6 strong arguments in the favor of cloning and another which provides 6 arguments against cloning. Six arguments in favor of and against cloning hubpages. The real reasons you shouldnt clone your dog science. Choose from used and new textbooks or get instant access with etextbooks and digital materials. Against cloning introduction the recent past has seen successful research on cloning.
Therefore, the cloning of full human beings would be wrong since it rebels against gods created order of having a mother and a father, of using the godordained procreative means, and it usurps gods sovereign right to be the author of the life in the womb. For and against offers fiftyfour articles by scientists, ethicists, legal experts and religious leader who explore the many benefits and costs of cloning. The advantages and disadvantages of human cloning raise moral, ethical, scientific and safety questions. Reproductive cloning arguments pro and con center for.
By cloning the book on your own pressbooksedu network, you can host the open textbook directly on your own branded pressbooks website, remix the. Futurist speaker and advisor to 400 of worlds largest companies. Cloning happens often in nature, as when a cell replicates itself asexually without genetic alteration or recombination. Our talented dev team will continue to make improvements to the feature.
Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. Reasons for and against human cloning recently, the controversy around human cloning has received a lot of news coverage. Learn about natural clones, cloning methods, and more. Human dignity and rights see human dignity bibliography for additional resources burley, justine, ed. Highly customised, very interactive, entertaining futurist presentations, every industry, 50 nations. Ever since the advent of cloning, there have been arguments for and against this process. Beyond biology, the term refers to the production of multiple copies of. Most mainstream scientists are set against attempts at reproductive human cloning, including ian wilmut, the british embryologist who led the. Many countries disallow reproductive cloning because of these questions, but some do allow research. On the one hand, some opponents claim that human cloning would.
This general moral aversion of the public to the concept of cloning is enhanced by the portrayal of cloning as a malevolent force in. You should know that the ethical issues regarding human cloning have been addressed in print by an advisory board to advanced cell technology worcester, ma. Two years after the famous sheep named dolly arrived in the world, becoming the first mammal cloned from an adult animal cell, the council of europe approved the first international agreement that prohibited the cloning of human beings. Can anyone suggest a book on gene cloning or genetic. Controversies about cloning merck veterinary manual. A fundamental argument is that cloning is ethically wrong and various religious groups have rejected it saying that cloning is equivalent to playing god. Scientists have known that mammal cloning was feasible since 1996, when dolly the sheep was born. More than ever, the word stirs emotion and triggers debate, as what was once science fiction becomes scientific fact. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. Arguments offered for and against reproductive cloning are given below. In the us, legislation during the bush administration prevented federal funds from being allocated towards research in human cloning. Stem cells are considered one of the greatest hopes for curing diseases like diabetes.
Both print and electronic resources were used to gather titles of. These readings have been carefully selected to give a fair representation of the opposing points of view, enabling readers to test the strengths and weaknesses of divergent arguments, the better to make up their own minds on these controversial issues. Currently, users can clone individual books that are public and openlylicensed in their entirety, as well as select portions of books. For and against includes readings on all sides of the issues. A summary comment follows at the end of the arguments. First, dna is removed from the nucleus of a creatures cell. Similar questions have arisen with each new reproductive technique that has been developed. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation, all members of a clone are genetically identical. When thinking about cloning children designed and replicated to the parents wishes, consider the book my sisters keeper in which anna is the product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis and is born for the sole purpose of being a.
Basically, human cloning is the artificial process of. Cloning, the process of generating a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism. It is thus not the intention to use the embryo for reproductive purposes. The title of the book is a quotation from william shakespeares sonnet 73. Cloning is the asexual reproduction intended to produce an exact copy of an animal or human. There are plenty of arguments against cloning especially against cloning humans ranging from scientific issues, to the practicality of cloning, to religious objections.
Reproductive cloning would diminish the sense of uniqueness of an individual. Cloning animals has lead to a huge discussion on science, religion and the role of tehcnology in our everyday lives. Reasons for and against human cloning phil for humanity. There are many more arguments against reproductive cloning, but this is a brief list of the main arguments. Even if there are sound arguments against human cloning, arguments from repugnance rest on shaky ground. Here is a discussion about the ethical issues that have arisen concerned with cloning humans. Dolly the sheep remains dissected in the national museum. A lucid introduction offers readers an essential overview and understanding of the development and process of cloning, and the editors evenhandedly represent all sides of this controversial subject. List of books and articles about animal cloning online.
Discover librarianselected research resources on cloning from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. Our emotional reactions are more complicated and varied. Learn more about cloning experiments, cloning techniques, and the ethics of human reproductive cloning. While the bible does not specifically deal with the subject of human cloning, there are principles in scripture which may shed more light on the concept. Human cloning goes against this and risks the manipulation and murder of another human life. Principles of cloning, second edition is the fully revised edition of the authoritative book on the science of cloning. But as the ongoing fights over crispr and mitochondrial replacement show, some of the underlying debates about the ethics of genetic engineering and. I begin by noting that on each side of the issue there are two distinct kinds of moral arguments brought forward. The cloning of full human beings would be wrong since it rebels against gods created order of having a mother and a father, of using the godordained procreative means, and it usurps gods sovereign right to be the author of the life in the womb. How we feel about human cloning journal of medical. Cloning is a process to produce genetically identical copies of a biological being.
It happened on january 12, 1998 and that same day nineteen countries signed the protocol. Dolly was created using a technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer. The matter of human cloning is also being taken up once again by the u. Cloning for research and therapy involves the creation of an embryo via scnt, but instead of transferring the cloned embryo to the uterus in order to generate a pregnancy, it is used to obtain pluripotent stem cells. Along the way, i became obsessed with published novels that dealt with human cloningand i still am. Cloning in biotechnology refers to the process of creating clones of organisms or copies of cells or dna fragments molecular cloning. More dolly, right, the first cloned sheep produced through nuclear transfer from differentiated adult sheep cells, is. Never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, the house of the scorpion by nancy farmer, jurassic park by michael crichton, the lost world. In me thou seest the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west. The ethical implications of human cloning spring 2005 volume 48, number 2 243 it might be replied that cloning and genetic engineering are in principle no different from other ways in which parents go to great lengths to produce children of a certain kind, or designer children. List of books and articles about cloning online research library.
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