In regards to human cloning I cannot
distinctly say that it greatly affected my personal principles because it was
something that I hadn’t ever taken the time to think about. I understand Tooly’s
argument for human cloning, and in essence it does make sense. While Kass’ objection
against it could be that human cloning demolishes what it means to be a unique individual
in society, and that holds true in most cases – but then one has to look at
twins as well. Whether twins raised together or apart they both can compare
greatly and contrast vastly. I can support cloning from the respect of using it
to eradicate diseases and other genetic dispositions, and to medically create
new organs for those who need them. Unfortunately, cloning entire humans seems
almost to be an act in which defies God.
I
by no means believe that neither myself nor any other human being can be put on
the same pedestal as God or any other higher power. I support cloning in the
respect that it can better people’s lives and cure diseases such as cancer, or
Autism and Down syndrome. But I believe that creating an exact replica of
yourself comes from a selfish desire and therefore, goes against my principles
and is not morally right. So I’d have to say that I agree with both
philosophers, and if cloning ever became prevalent in society today it should
be done on only a small scale, and for and in extreme cases only. Simply
creating clones for ego driven desires would be threatening to the world.
Imagine four Adolf Hitler’s or Justin Beiber’s running around this world. It
would be anarchy.
- I commented on Marshay Rice's blog http://marshay-monet.blogspot.com/
- I commented on Marshay Rice's blog http://marshay-monet.blogspot.com/
I definitely agree with you that cloning could be used to an advantage in regards to helping cure diseases etc. but feel completely against the idea of cloning a human being. A question I was thinking of was, if you had a terminally ill child that was bound to die with the next few months, would you have them cloned knowing they'd be healthy this time around??
ReplyDeleteI like how you wish to end diseases like cancer and autism but by trying to put an end to all the diseases with cloning, wouldn't that be on the same pedestal like God? Not everyone can live a healthy life, unfortunately some people need to have diseases like caner because the world is too populated and with everyone untouchable by disease we live incredibly too long.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a valid point how twins are the same yet different. I guess that clones could work the same way. However the fact that it is one person CHOOSING to make themselves is a selfish desire, which you clearly appoint to later in your paragraph. I also liked your mentioning of diseases. I am curious though, do you think that curing all these diseases would help? Or would it just assist to overpopulation (because people could live longer) and genetic engineering?
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way as you do. I never before thought about cloning enough to make it apart of my principles, but I do not think it is morally right, to make a human replica of your self.
ReplyDeleteI too am okay with using cloning for cures and organs, but there is no way full on clones would be a good idea. I never though of it being selfish though, but now it does seem that way.
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