Is human cloning a good or bad idea?
Should we ban human cloning?
How does cloning change the value of human life?
Its a good and bad idea. Like a knife 
âŚcut tomatoes or a weapon.
- Neither
- (You actually think that would work?) No
- It doesnât
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Well! Thatâs three right, so you move on to the next round.
Edit: Truth or Calisthenics
It all depends on which side of the fence you are on. On this side it is a good idea and on that side it is a bad idea. I try not to use the concepts of âgoodâ and âbadâ in my life. Avoiding false dichotomies is a lifestyle choice.
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Potentially both, depending on how itâs used.
Do you mean should we ban all research linked to it? We canât currently clone human beings can we? If itâs the former then no.
It doesnât, the value we attach human life is subjective, so itâs peopleâs attitudes towards the idea that would likely influence their subjective belief of what value we attach human beings.
Read Huxleyâs Brave New World, if you havenât already. It describes a dystopian future where all humans are cloned not born, oddly it has some real positives, but itâd be a poor book if it didnât portray such choices as difficult ones that contain paradoxes. It ostensibly explores the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies, but it goes further than that in examining what it is to be human.
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My personal opinion is yes itâs fine. I also have a history of terrible decision making and work in a restaurant. Lol but if you want a real opinion I recommend Dr. Leon Kass book life liberty and the defense of dignity. Hereâs a random book report about it I picked on Google. https://humanumreview.com/articles/kass-life-liberty-and-the-defense-of-dignity
I think itâs probably like any other scientific advance, and can be very good or very bad . . . depending upon what we do with it.
An understanding of nuclear physics gives us radiation treatment for cancer, noninvasive ways to image the inside of the human body, and ways to treat certain thyroid conditions . . . yet nuclear physics has also given us the hydrogen bomb.
When cells are removed from the body and encouraged to multiply in order to do things like stem cell or bone marrow transplants, then this qualifies as a kind of human cloning.
Yet I can see it being a bad thing if a market develops for custom-made, cloned children.
Many animals are believed to be in danger of extinction from a genetic bottleneck that lowers genetic diversity. The Spix Macaw was on the verge of extinction, with only 44 pet birds in captivity. A breeding program has got them up to about 300 birds . . . but there are fertility problems and other health issues that are attributed to a lack of genetic diversity.
Also, Native Americansâfor exampleâwere very vulnerable to alcoholism and communicable diseases because of a low genetic diversity, and these weaknesses were exploited by European settlers who âdonatedâ fire water and smallpox-ridden blankets.
Diversity is a good thing, and I see how cloning might enable a racist regime to churn out multiple copies of an âidealâ human in a misguided attempt to stave off âthe great replacementâ that frightens so many bigots.
This lack of diversity may mean that such a population of people may have a vulnerable âAchilles Heelâ that might lead to extinction if something unexpected crops up.
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