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walt fristoe
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 03/05/2003 : 14:49:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Doomar
I believe the idea of human cloning is fundamentally flawed. Let me explain. Most human life arises from a desire for a couple to have a family (children). There are strong forces at work within men and women to bring this about. Sometimes the motives are wrong, of course, and some children come into the world unwelcomed by their parents. But the purposes for cloning are dubious. Consider that one motivation is to bring about human life for a purpose other than for that life to thrive, grow, and prosper in this world. It is to use that life for the sake of others, to the detriment of the cloned individual. Kind of reminds me of slavery. Is there a "need" for cloning? Is human kind unable to reproduce by natural means? Not hardly. So what's the point, other than to use a "soulless" human life, as some propose that it would be, in order to harvest the organs or other tissue. By dubbing the clone soulless, people would not be guilty about abusing the clone or killing it for "scientific" purposes. Again, a lot like slavery where "negros" were considered soulless beings, and abused by many owners.
Thus, I am troubled about the entire idea, just as I am troubled about slavery and another similar phenomena, abortion.
First of all, I'm not aware of anyone who advocates cloning an entire individual just to harvest their organs. This is not only unnecessary, but would, of course, not be ethical. If an entire human were cloned, it would be solely for the sake of reproduction, when it might be the only viable option, much as in vitro methods are currently used.
Second, who says cloned humans would be any more "soul-less" than those produced by more traditional means? Most scientists currently believe that all humans are "soul-less", cloned or not, and yet not many advocate the indiscriminate use of humans for "scientific purposes".
And besides, most human life does not arise from "a desire for a couple to have a family". Most human life arises from a desire to have sex, the family is just a by-product of our love of orgasms. |
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