Human Cloning and genetic manipulation - the ethical concerns raised

By Wendy Kwong&

Yovanna Aguilera

Cloning is a universal subject, with universal opinions

General Forms of Cloning

Embryo Cloning a medical technique

which produces identical twins or triplets

It duplicates the process that nature uses to produce twins or triplets

Very limited experimentation has been done on humans.

Therapeutic Cloning Same process as creating

an adult clone 14 days the “pre-embryo”

is killed allowing scientists to harvest stem cells

Stem cells can then be encouraged to grow into a kidney, liver, or some other organ.

Adult DNA Cloning what “Dolly” the sheep was created

using. It is also what scientists are trying to

use to clone a human.

“Dolly” the sheep video

Knowledge Issues How does reason and ethics

intertwine with morality? How can culture/religion

determine what we perceive as life and humanity?

How can emotions affect what we believe to be morally wrong?

Linking Questions How does human cloning

and human experimentation throughout the years change our view on ethics and morality?

How do different religions perceive life?

To what extent can human sciences relate to moral wrongdoing?

How does reason and ethics intertwine with morality?

Claim Reason and ethics can cause us to more

thoroughly understand a situation, thus making a better decision morally in the end

Counter-Claim Reason and ethics can cause us to over think

a situation, thus making a decision not your own morals but other alternatives/morals that may have some to mind.

Linking question How does human cloning and human

experimentation throughout the years change our view on ethics and morality?

ClaimThe story of someone mentally stable with a non-bias view on things their able to think on both sides distinguish right from wrong properly make a better decision on their own views

and not on others

Counter-ClaimA story of someone indecisive and always changing their opinion not going with their own opinion but others not able to stick with a single view easily persuaded by the more “popular” view they may come up with a solution but

overthink and believe that they chose the incorrect one and change it

Ex. During tests we may chose an answer but think its incorrect so we change it and find out later that the original answer was right.

How can culture/religion determine what we perceive as life and humanity?

Claim Religion can dictate what we may

perceive as life and humanity

Counter-Claim Our personal beliefs may differ from what

our Religion commonly perceives as humanity.

Linking question

How do different religions perceive life?

ClaimThe Christian stance on cloning, taken by many conservatives life begins at conception playing god therapeutic cloning is equal to the killing of a

life therapeutic cloning destroys the pre-embryo and utilize the stem cells is counter-saving lives

Counter-ClaimSenator Orrin Hatch, a conservative Republican is pro life his decision was NOT a close

call despite religious/cultural background

tiny clusters of cells cannot be equated with human life

in favor of therapeutic cloning

cloning can benefit humanity as a whole

How can emotions affect what we believe to be morally wrong?

Claim Emotions can overtake out judgment on

morality

Counter-Claim Emotions may play a role in what we

believe to be morally wrong, but ethics play a more vital role in what we believe to be morally wrong

Linking Question To what extent can human sciences

relate to moral wrongdoing?

ClaimThe story of the loss of a loved one. emotions related to the passing of a loved

one sense of hopelessness desperation and lack of acceptance results of desperation lead to adult cloning

in hopes of reviving said loved one Those results may not be what is expected

Counter-ClaimA World Changer recreation of a political figure recreation of a historical figure recreation of a musical figure cloning to better society today

Human cloning is unreasonable and just creates more issues then solutions.

Sources Moon. Dir. Duncan Jones. Perf. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey,

Dominique McElligott. Sony Pictures, 2009. DVD. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20tier.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,999234,00.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,926061,00.html http://www.globalchange.com/clonech.htm http://

www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/opinion/the-pro-life-case-for-cloning.html

http://www.spreadinglight.com/contemporary/cloning.html http://www.religioustolerance.org/cloning.htm

http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=60206&title=Dolly_the_Sheep