Why do human cloning bestir so much opposure, when it promises a lot of benefits to mankind?

Question

any knowledge or system could be made evil and unprincipled, not just human cloning...it is one, if not the most beautiful discovery of science, aren't we being a little naive about this? We just need to plan and back it up with solid laws, that's all.

Answer 1

Wait, hold on, you know the outcome of the future events of cloning? No? Then why are you saying that it surely promises us benefits? Besides, just because something is a "beautiful discovery" doesn't mean it ought to be pursued. Further, why would we need to "back up" if the results have been so promising? Surely saying we need to "plan" something out only suggests these scientists are cloning on a whim without a plan. Yikes! I think you need some better reasons to persuade us unbelievers.

Answer 2

Because everything works out just so perfectly to ruin it with scientific recreation. Our reproductive systems and in s*x everything just fits together so perfectly, literally, like a puzzle. And that wasn't an accident, that's a beautiful work that God created. To create humans without that beautiful act..it's just meaningless.

Answer 3

The last thing this planet need is more people, we are already putting enough strain on the environment.

Also there are theories about keeping the gene pool broad which might be forgotten if people could have a clone of Bad or Angelina as their child

Answer 4

Because it's not or job to either create nor destroy life in that way. It's unnatural.

Answer 5

Some may use the argument of blaming nature or a creator for the way they are. Imagine if a person could blame a specific cloner or scientist for making them the way they are - especially if there are unforseen defects found later in life.

Answer 6

Because nothing "beautiful" has ever gotten in the hands of the good people and stayed there and used for totally innocent purposes.

As for "laws"; they are created to protect the criminals in today's society; not the law abiding citizen.  Cloning is just wrong.  If we were all intended to be of the same mind, body and physical attributes we would have been born "cloned" to begin with.

Answer 7

There are at this time three major ethical concerns with cloning. And it behooves those who wish to eventually see its use to understand what they are.

First, the process is still largely experimental. We don't know what the long-term effects of cloning a creature or an organ will be. Some have theorized that because of the way cloning is performed, produced tissues may be prematurely aged. It also bears mention that usually only a fraction of a percent of implanted clones are ever born and the rest are miscarried. Even the ones that are carried to term seem to manifest unusual pregnancies. In all, it's a risky procedure with questionable outcomes right now. But of course we're not likely to learn more unless we keep trying to some extent.

Second, as far as human and animal clones are concerned, there is a concern that the clone will be viewed by society as being identical to the original. Which, due to environmental factors (and the nature of cloning right now!) is certainly not the case. In many senses a clone is even less like the original than one identical twin is to another.

A clone of Einstein might not even be interested in physics, and there's concern that he might be pressured and outed by a society that expects him to be. Not to mention the whole issue of parents cloning a 'replacement' child or pet when one dies. But again, most of these concerns spring, if anything, from a societal ignorance of the nature of clones, and is likely to go away when more clones are around for people to have experience with and understand.

The last concern is in many ways the most nebulous. What, exactly, is life and death? Most cloned tissues used for medical research these days are obtained by removing cells from an embryo and sucking out its DNA. This essentially means the much of what made the embryo distinct no longer exists, even though all the cells remain alive. Arguably, this is a better fate than probably awaited the vast majority of such embryos, which might be the result of abortions which are destroyed completely afterward. Is it moral to do this to an embryo? Does the fact that it would have died change things? These are questions that sharply divide people, and unlike the others are not likely to be resolved any time soon. If ever.

Answer 8

because of it's potential for abuse. knowledge is not always a good thing. sometimes the more we know the more we destroy. we learned how to drain water off of land and destroyed the wetlands. there is always a good side and a bad and with full human cloning the bad overrides what good it could do.

Answer 9

Cloning humans or animals or organs? Or just cloning in general? Well, first of all it is dangerous. There are serious health effects. Some scientists believe that errors in cloning can cause dissability, deformity, premature aging and death. Also some believe it would be 'playing God' or too much power for man. Clones are not at all the same person as the one who's DNA they have. They would be a completely different person. Imagine how you would feel if you found out that you were created in a lab, part of someone, but not really them. Also it takes so little to take DNA. Who will control who gets cloned? Oh gosh I wrote alot, I know. Anyways, there are much more issues about cloning. Hope this helps. ;)