Abortion is the termination of an unborn fetus. In today's society there is a lot of controversy over this issie. Many people have views that say abortion is both right and wrong, while others are primarily focused on it either being right, or wrong. I for one am completely against the whole abortio...

Utilitarianism In the movie Gattaca there are many moral issues and questions that the movie shows. The movie is based on the future and what people think will happen in the future. A major thing that the movie indicates is that people will be genetically produced for the best qualities. T...

Is cloning necessary for advancements in improving the quality of life? Is cloning necessary for advancements in improving the quality of life? People often question whether or not we as a scientific nation are trying to play the role of God. Many people say that we should not try to in...

A clone by definition "is an image copied or a duplicate of." (Webster New World Dictionary) So the question that is being debated today is cloning legally and morally right? So ask yourself these questions... how would you feel as a person who really had no soul? Or who would be your r...

For centuries people have desired to be able to choose their baby's gender for various reasons. Now they can with a revolutionary fertilization technique known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis, PGD. For the small price of $18,480 plus travel expenses, anyone can now be guaranteed with alm...

Let's Make the World a No-Clone Zone "Let's Make the World a No-Clone Zone" is a very straightforward and powerful article which lists many reasons why anything and everything about cloning should be illegal. In her article Therese M. Lysaught acknowledges there is plenty of f...

The separation of the Maltese conjoint twins, Mary and Jodie, is a complex moral issue to which there was no direct answer that can be found. The question is how do you decide what is moral? Can it possibly be right to separate Jodie from sister Mary when we know that if this happens Mary must inevi...

Cloning: A Controversial Debate Since the beginning of time, man has been afraid of the unknown. The caveman was afraid of fire, Columbus feared falling off the edge of the earth, and modern man fears cloning. Fire has been a friend to man for thousands of years. Although ships are still lost at...

The abortion debate is raging in America. The opposing sides in the debate each strongly believe they are right. The pro-choice supporters see a woman's right to choose as central to the debate. The life of the baby is the most important concern of the pro-life advocates. Very little mid...

Frankenstein, one of Mary Shelley's novels, tells a story of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who defies nature by creating a monster with dead body parts. In this time period Mary Shelley wrote when the difficult sciences were still considered a part of philosophy, but were rapidly developed i...

Murder Abortion is murder and it is wrong. There is absolutely no situation imaginable that can be proved a just cause for murder. This inhumane form of "birth control," goes against all moral codes that society today is based upon. Abortion also goes against the very basis of our gov...

Cloning is defined as a form of genetic engineering in which the DNA of a person, animal, plant, or even a bacterium is used to produce a perfect or near-perfect genetic replica of the original. Abolishing human cloning before it begins, has been a controversial debate since the 1940s. Many research...

Vivisection is both immoral and unjustifiable – Discus I am strongly against vivisection. In this modern world there is no place for this barbaric practice that is 'animal testing'. This is a highly sensitive issue on which many members of the public are un-decided. Animal testin...