Cloning | Human Cloning Would Be Unethical
John O’Connor, a Roman Catholic cardinal, is the archbishop of New York.
Summary: The cloning of a human being would be unethical because it would not serve any necessary or beneficial medical purpose. The research needed to develop human cloning would produce many imperfect results, and it would be sinful to simply dispose of these “mistakes.” In addition, if humans were successfully cloned, such persons would have no parents and would therefore be less than fully human in status. Further, scientists simply do not have the wisdom to direct the course 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
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- Bibliography
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