HUMAN CLONING

Should human cloning be legal?



Should human cloning be legal?

Thesis

Many legal and ethical concerned has been raised by human cloning. This is true all the time, whether the main techniques of cloning, would be one day be used for, therapeutic or reproductive, reason. Whereas “reproductive cloning” means the construction of a genetically similar(identical) duplicate of an existing animal or human being, the word “therapeutic cloning” means to a feasible revolutionizing of regenerative medicine by providing way for scrutinizing and remedying genetically inheritable diseases that could not be healed or treated with the currently existing scientific tools (Agnihotri, 2008).

The society has begun discussing cloning quite recently. When at the end of the second millennium the first cloned sheep Dolly appeared in the world, a possibility to clone a man started being discussed. When speaking about human cloning, it is necessary to distinguish between its two forms: a reproductive cloning, the goal of which is to produce a clone, and a therapeutic cloning which is aimed at curbing people of different diseases(Leiden, 2002). In their essence both forms of cloning are very similar technologically, only the final phase and the goals of these experiments differ. Therefore after examining this problem deeper it becomes obvious that both forms of cloning are incompatible with the key concepts of religion, ethics, and morale and law whereas the benefits of this phenomenon are only imaginary and predictive but not guaranteed. After emergence of new relationship of such character, the states of the world hastened to regulate it both on national and international levels, but as a result of such haste no unanimous and imperative opinion was reached. Many states unanimously approve of imposing both a moral and a legal ban on reproductive cloning, but there is no clear and imperative legal act prohibiting this form of cloning on international level (Arsanjani, 2004).

National legal banning is unreliable and unstable because it can change as a result of different circumstances and stimuli. The regulation of therapeutic cloning remains in the competence of the states themselves, but there is no unanimous opinion about this form of human cloning: in some states it is allowed whereas in others prohibited. This absence of unanimous opinion is detrimental as it conditions different protection of “human life” (human embryo) in different countries and allows research and experimenting in the field of human cloning thus providing an opportunity that a result of human reproductive cloning - human clone - might appear in the future.

Human cloning is a threat to the established order in the society and its fundamental principles, to human uniqueness and its principal rights. Therefore this phenomenon should be prohibited imperatively and clearly regulating it on the level of both national and international legislation all over the world with a purpose to protect humanity from the negative consequences of this phenomenon.

Anti Thesis

It's offending to human dignity to make a creature that is manufacture in scientific labs or called manufactured creature in any way whose characteristics match the ...