How would you like to create your child by looking through a catalog? Just think, no worries of mental problems, the right color eyes, or even the right color hair. To some people, this is exactly what they are looking for, but for others, this is playing with God’s “Master Plan”. Creating a child exactly like you want them it part of the process of cloning. Cloning is the duplication of an organism through scientific means (http://www.afgen.com/cloning.html). People in opposition of cloning have many reasons to back up their opinion. However, most of the arguments are religious and ethical rather than scientific. The most commonly cited ethical and moral arguments against human cloning seem to come from religious perspectives. Politicians and scientists with religious understanding can even make these religious arguments. Many religions teach their followers, for example, that human life is unique and special and should be created, determined and controlled only by their deities. These religions also believe in the existence of the human soul. Many Christians are concerned about whether or not it is possible to clone the human soul along with the human. If this is so, what will thi
The supporting side of cloning has an argument to argue with the religious and ethical oppositions. When mentioning the possible harm to the embryo, supporters argue that with additional experimentation on other mammals, we can reduce the margin of error until it equals the current risk of miscarriage of infant death. According to them “no human activity is free of accidental death (http://www.time.com/time/cloning).” They believe that this could only extend human life. When the opponents begin arguing about possible psychological problems, the supporters argue that children cloned from another person will not necessarily feel this way; these are merely speculations. Supporters may also argue that human clones will “have the advantage of knowing early in life what they are good at (http://www.time.com/time/cloning).”
s mean? Cloning will be divined by many as humans assuming the powers and jurisdiction of their deities or other spiritual powers of their supernatural universe (http://www.religioustolerance.org/cloning.htm).
When society tries to decide whether or not cloning should be legal, there are several questions that each person should ask. What are the needs and goals that this technology might serve? Is this technology the only means for addressing these goals and ne
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