Biomedical Ethics | Cloning Would Not Violate A Person's Individuality

The fear that human cloning will cause people to lose their individuality is baseless, argues George Johnson in the following viewpoint. Environment is just as responsible for shaping personality as is genetics, he maintains.Variations in personal experiences would affect the brain of a human clone differently, he contends, resulting in a different individual. Johnson is a writer for the New York Times.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In Johnson’s opinion, why does the idea of human cloning make people uneasy?

2. How is brain tissue...

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