Intercourse is how children are made, or is it? Children can also be made in labs.
Through the process of cloning. Cloning is known as nuclear transplantation, or somatic
cell nuclear transfer. This process involves removing the nucleus from an egg cell , and
then transplanting the DNA from and adult cell into the enucleated egg. When placed
under certain conditions, the egg then begins to replicate as though it were a fertilized
embryo. When the embryo is placed into a uterus where it has the potential to develop
into a full organism(AAAS, 2003). The organism would in other words be a "clone.
Does this process seem ethical to you? In this paper the topics being addressed are the
difference between begetting and making children, identity of the individual, and safety.
Begetting and making children are discussed often because not many people know
the difference between the two. "In natural procreation human beings come together,
complementarily male and female, to give existence to another being who is formed,
exactly as we were"(Winters, 1998). In begetting or clonal reproduction, the children are
manufactured to what we intend and design. In other words, when cloned, the scientists
are the prospective "parents" and the children are artifacts. This is profoundly
dehumanizing no matter how perfect the product. This violation of human equality,
freedom and dignity are present even in a single planned clone. This way of reproduction
distorts and strips the identity of the cloned individual.
Cloning people will create serious issues about identity and individuality. The
cause for the cloned individuals concern is not only will they physically resemble another
human being but they will be burdened with the fact that their life has already been lived.
" One must never forget that these are human beings upon who
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