Cloning | Cloning Should Not Be Banned Out of Fear
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Summary: Calls to ban human cloning are based on unsubstantiated fears that cloning technology will be used for evil purposes. Technology is never bad in and of itself; it is the purposes for which it is used that can be malevolent. Though cloning research does present some dangers, it also has many potential benefits and should not be banned simply out of fear of its possible misuse.
Dolly is a lamb. As the first mammal to have been successfully “cloned” from the cells of...
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- Human Cloning Would Be Unethical
- Human Cloning Would Violate Christian Ethics
- Cloning Would Violate Human Dignity
- Human Cloning Would Violate the Dignity of Children
- Human Cloning Should Be Banned
- Animal Cloning Experiments Will Be Beneficial to Humans
- Animal Cloning May Be Acceptable Even If Human Cloning Is Unethical
- Cloning Can Be an Ethical Form of Human Reproduction
- Cloning Should Not Be Banned Out of Fear
- Human Cloning Has Not Been Proven Harmful
- Ethical Concerns About Cloning Are Misplaced
- Human Cloning Is Inevitable
- Human Cloning Experiments Should Be Allowed
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
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