Edited at 2007/07/25 08:10:06 PDT
| 2007/07/25 08:10:30 PDT by jramseier |
Human cloning is wrong. Although it has not been successful yet, researchers are still trying to develop an effective method to clone humans. This procedure is immoral because it is unfair to the clones, it can cause great damage to society, and the results of cloning do not give the expected results.
Imagine being a clone knowing that life would only last half as long as it should . This really is not fair for them because it was not their choice to be cloned, but that is just how they ended up. Also, clones get a shorter life than the people whom they were made “copies” of. At the time that they were cloned, the age of the person whom they were cloned from determined their age at birth. This happens because the age of the DNA which is shared between the clones and the people who were cloned is the same.. Additionally, because of their copied DNA, clones are more prone to catching certain diseases and acquiring health problems than people were conceived naturally. Clones can also be produced just for specific organs since there is no way to clone just one single organ or tissue. For example, someone might want themselves cloned just for a liver transplant, and that clone would be created with a functioning, healthy liver, but without a head. Because the clone is not a full person, it can be murdered without the killer being penalized; all for one organ.
Human cloning will also cause things in society to turn from their normal ways. To begin with, human cloning is very expensive, and it will increase the difference between the richest and poorest people since only the wealthy will be able to afford it. In addition, people could be cloned against their will as long as someone has some of their DNA, and moreover, if it becomes more popular, people will give up normal reproduction and just use the cloning procedure to reproduce. Although it is by chance, “cloning” already happens naturally: with twins, triplets, quadruplets, and so on, so why do people need to clone unnatrually? The twins and triplets may look the same, but even so, they are quite different: naturally occurring twins and triplets have different personalities and different likes and dislikes. Lastly, owners of slaves and terrorism leaders can just do a mass cloning project in order to get more slaves and terrorists to work for them.
Many people believe that that if a famous athlete, celebrity, or genius is cloned, their clone will be exactly like them. Unfortunately, this is not the case with human cloning. Only their appearance would be the same, not their personalities, skills, or abilities. So if someone was to clone a genius such as Mozart, they would only look like him, but the clone would not necessarily be a genius. In addition, the parents of clones would have unrealistic expectations for their children, if they are cloned from a genius, athlete, or someone great, and then, the parents would become disappointed because the clones did not turn out the way they expected them to be.
In conclusion, human cloning would be an unethical practice. There will be many health risks, unpunished killings, and shorter life spans for clones. The institution of cloning may change the way society runs drastically, and lastly, the expectations for clones are unrealistic. Right now, as cloning is being worked on by scientists, it may seem like a wonderful idea. However, once it becomes more common and used more frequently, just as other brilliant inventions such as the atomic bomb, it may be used less responsibly and it will become abused.
| 2007/07/25 08:11:15 PDT by jramseier |
for my persuasive essay, click the comment to view it - for some reason, i couldn't post it directly onto my weblog