Ethics of Cloning

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Ethics of Cloning
By Joseph LaChaussee
Ethical Vs Unethical
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An example of what isn't ethical is doing
something against your morals and what you
believe to be right.
Being ethical is doing the right thing in the right
situation because your doing what you believe to
moral
What is cloning (simple terms)
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Cloning is using human DNA to create life by
skipping the reproduction cycle
It is done by taking the egg from a women and
removing the nucleus, and replacing it with
DNA from the subject that is being cloned.
The pro’s of cloning
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Medical research and medical transplant
Never make the same mistake twice
Human genetic research advancement
Con’s of cloning
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We shouldn’t try to play god
Messing with the reproductive cycle is un ethical
and wrong
There is a 98% fatality lose with clones
Why is cloning unethical
It is unethical because to try and create life out
side of the reproductive cycle is messing with
the laws of nature which have been in place for
thousands of years.
How do we know that messing with life in this way
won’t create more problems then solve.
Medical research
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The advancements that cloning could make in
the medical field are astronomical.
More organ transplants available
Stem cell research
But are we willing to lose are humanity by doing
so?
Pictures
Human cloning, how close are we?
The first cloned animal, dolly the sheep
Bibliography
wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
-October 26 2010
-(author N/A)
Lukevi
http://lukevi.com/tag/god-and-human-cloning/
-February 20 2009
-author Afshin Yaghtin