Human Cloning
As today's society becomes more advanced in research and science, cloning humans seem to be the next step. But why is there a need for such a thing? In "Human Cloning? Don't Just Say No," by Ruth Macklin, she starts by reminding us of when scientists cloned a sheep and how it sent academics and the public into a panic that humans might be next. The writer continues telling how cloning is a radical change to the laws of biology and that it has a "yuk factor" or unthinkable disgust by ethical opposition. Also she writes about how cloning would breed individuals with genetic qualities of people like math geniuses or basketball players. The writer relates this type of cloning to the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis in the name of eugenics. In the next to last paragraph, Macklin begins with how cloning would be good for a couple whose child is dying or f
Most people would ask, "Why do we need to clone humans"? In the first paragraph the writer states, "Human cloning might not offer great benefits to humanity, no one has yet made a persuasive case that that it would do any real harm. Human cloning is not impossible but is it practicable. Macklin says that in democratic societies benign forms of "selective breeding" are already practiced such as lawyers marry other lawyers. " This is a prime example of why more studies need to be conducted before scientists move forward with such a radical idea. The only point I agreed with writer on is that more research needs to be done before we, the public, can make any decision on this subject. In the next paragraph, the writer talks about how cloning would lead to efforts to breed individuals with genetic qualities, for example math geniuses or basketball players. Human cloning? Sounds like something you would watch on Star Trek but cloning is now a reality. This type of breeding is practiced over and over again. Again the writer talks about the "yuk factor" but also gives an example of the Nazis and the horrors perpetrated by this idea. Granted that cloning might provide great benefits; however, most of the population is not ready to accept this concept. This in itself has causes the public to rethink the idea of human cloning. These individuals were not made to breed with like people but rather they chose to do so or because they fell in love with that certain person. In the last paragraph, the writer states that cloning should not be banned until it becomes moratorium and more research should be done.
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