ethical and societal dimension

             Ethical and Societal Dimensions of Cloning
             Technology became more important and more effective in society than ever since the Industrial Revolution, and people began to argue ethical and societal problems caused by technology. After the possibility of human cloning raised when Scottish scientists at Roslin Institute in Edinburgh created Dolly, the first cloned adult mammal, the most common branch of technology being discussed became cloning. Dolly aroused worldwide interest and concern because of its scientific, ethical and societal implications. People are confused about the advantages and the disadvantages of cloning since there is no example of a cloned human being. Researches show that the number of people who believes that human cloning experiments should continue nearly equals the number of people who believes that human cloning should be banned (Kahn 2). What I will argue in this essay is that cloning will cause ethical and societal problems, which are crucial enough to change social balance.
             Robert A. Weinberg, a professor of biology at MIT, focuses on ethical and societal problems that are likely to develop because of cloning in his article, The Dark Side of the Genome. He explains "scientists have started mapping chromosome by labeling small segments along its length" (Weinberg 321). He says that these segments of chromosome determine some characteristics of human: height, eye color, hair shape, foot width and so on. He then questions "what type of higher functions will be understood and predictable by genetic methods" (Weinberg 323). He judges if scientists will find the genes controlling shyness, aggressiveness, foreign language aptitude, chess playing ability and so on. He then gives some examples of ethical and societal problems, which may be caused by the development of human cloning.
             He states that parents will confront genetic tests that will affect a variety of reproduct...

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