Opinions on the Ethics of Human Cloning

[ranskaldan]

I'm doing this school project on the ethics of human cloning, and i'm looking for ideas.

please vote in the polls and post whatever you feel about the ethics of cloning. Thanks!

[Roman]

Of course it is ethical - it will help a lot of people get cured from truly terrible diseases.

[KrazyHorse]

Why not? As of now, however, it is wrong to actually clone a human embryo and bring it to maturity, because current methods will cause the resulting human being to have numerous medical problems. It's like asking if radiation-induced illness research is okay; it's fine as long as you do it responsibly and don't cause damage to human beings.

[Seeker]

Of course it is.

Obviously, there is still some research to be done before we actually try primates to full term.

[orange]

Ethics aside, I don't think we should be doing it. I don't think it's right, that's all.

[Dr.Oogkloot]

Huh? You don't think it's right, but not because of ethics? Should cloning research be stopped because it's against your personal taste?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Dr.Oogkloot
Huh? You don't think it's right, but not because of ethics? Should cloning research be stopped because it's against your personal taste?

I do believe this poll is asking for peoples opinion, and that is exactly what he gave. No reason to jump up his butt about it.


But, I do agree with orange, There are just so many ways these technologies can go wrong / be abused. Though it's partly for ethics, aswell.

[Bill3000]

Personally, I'm all for anything with science.

Anyways, no matter what you are going to say, it will happen anyways.

[Provost Harrison]

Pro. I see great potential from the medical spin-offs from the application of this technique, some beyond the scope of the layman in this field of research.

[loinburger]

With cloning, we can finally eliminate the need for oh-so-sinful sex.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by technophile
With cloning, we can finally eliminate the need for oh-so-sinful sex.

[November Adam]

Nazi's practiced horrible experiments in the name of science.

[DarkCloud]

But November- they gave the world much good through some of their research!

I fully support cloning for body parts of people- this way we may be able to extend human life about to 120 years!
Extremely useful!

Good work, fully ethical- and what ARE ethics?
Who really cares about them- if it is for the good of all then let them do it.

People who are going to abort their babies should be forced to gift them to science! Get rid of an evil with a good!
They would die anyway!

[Shi Huangdi]

Against. This is human life we are dealing with here. Current cloning techniques have not been sufficently perfected to make the procedure safe.

[orange]

Originally posted by Osweld


I do believe this poll is asking for peoples opinion, and that is exactly what he gave. No reason to jump up his butt about it.


But, I do agree with orange, There are just so many ways these technologies can go wrong / be abused. Though it's partly for ethics, aswell.

Yes. I'm not religious so it isn't about God or anything. To me, it's about people not understanding that they are supposed to die. People want to find the cure to every disease to improve the length of their lives. It's like we're trying to reach for eternity. I just don't like it...people are meant to live and die, and if you die from cancer or AIDS, that's just how it is. I've had relatives die from Cancer, quite a few...so please don't think I'm being heartless. I don't think I am. I'd rather celebrate death than grieve over it. It's a loss, but it's part of what being mortal is all about. You live, you die.

Also, I find it sickening the kinds of ways this technology could be abused. Organ farms and such, on an ethical note yes I do have a problem with that.