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Pros And Cons Of Human Cloning

human cloning

Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human (not usually referring to monozygotic multiple births), human cell, or human tissue. The ethics of cloning is an extremely controversial issue.
The asexual reproduction of a new human organism that is, at all stages of development, genetically virtually identical to a currently existing, or previously existing, human being. (CR)
the replication of a human being

pros

A professional, esp. in sports
(pro) professional: an athlete who plays for pay
(.pro) The domain name pro is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from professional, indicating its intended use by qualified professionals.
(pro) in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.

cons

CONS, Connection-Oriented Network Service, is one of the two OSI network layer protocols, the other being CLNS (Connectionless Network Service). It is basically X.25, with a few adjustments.
In computer programming, cons (or) is a fundamental function in most dialects of the Lisp programming language. cons constructs (hence the name) memory objects which hold two values or pointers to values.
Persuade (someone) to do or believe something, typically by use of a deception
[from LISP] 1. v. To add a new element to a list. 2. CONS UP: v. To synthesize from smaller pieces: “to cons up an example”.

pros and cons of human cloning – The Ethics

The Ethics of Human Cloning

Today biological science is rising on a wall of worry. No other science has advanced more dramatically during the past several decades or yielded so many palpable improvements in human welfare. Yet, none except nuclear physics has aroused greater apprehensions among the general public and leaders in such diverse fields as religion, the humanities, and government.

In this engaging book, Leon R. Kass, the noted teacher, scientist, humanist, and chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, and James Q. Wilson, the preeminent political scientist to whom four United States presidents have turned for advice on crime, drug abuse, education, and other crises in American life, explore the ethics of human cloning, reproductive technology, and the teleology of human sexuality.

Although in their lively dialgoue both authors share a fundamental distrust of the notion of human cloning, they base their resistance on different views of the role of sexual reproduction and the role of the family. Professor Kass contends that in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproudction technologies that place the origin of human life in human hands have eroded the respect for the mystery of sexuality and human renewal. Professor Wilson, in contrast, asserts that whether a human life is created naturally or artificially is immaterial as long as the child is raised by loving parents in a two-parent family and is not harmed by the means of its conception.

This accessible volume promises to inform the public policy debate over the permissible conduct of genetic research and the permissible uses of its discoveries.

This slim volume is the best introduction to the ethical debate over human cloning now available, as two of America’s most respected public intellectuals tangle over the question of whether it’s a good idea to let people make genetic duplicates of themselves. Kass is firmly against human cloning; Wilson, although not exactly an enthusiast, sees no essential problem with it as long as cloned children are raised in loving, two-parent households.
The book is divided into two parts, with each writer laying out an initial position followed by mutual critiques. Kass seems to get the better of the exchange, but both writers present their views clearly, with occasional humor. (Wilson at one point shrugs off the concern that cloning will replace sexual reproduction: “Sex is more fun than cloning…. Procreation is a delight.”) This outstanding book will shape a debate that’s only just gotten underway. –John J. Miller

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Human cloning. Conceptual computer illustration of human cloning showing identical babies breaking free from their bar coded eggs. Cloning is a method of producing a genetically identical copy of an organism. In the future human babies could be cloned by placing DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) from an adult’s cells into human eggs which have had their genetic material stripped out. The bar codes may identify the clones.

Human cloning..the digital way 🙂

A clone (whom we created in 20 minutes) of my roomie Saumya looks on at what he is watching on his laptop 🙂

pros and cons of human cloning

Few avenues of scientific inquiry raise more thorny ethical questions than the cloning of human beings, a radical way to control our DNA. In August 2001, in conjunction with his decision to permit limited federal funding for stem-cell research, President George W. Bush created the President’s Council on Bioethics to address the ethical ramifications of biomedical innovation. Over the past year the Council, whose members comprise an all-star team of leading scientists, doctors, ethicists, lawyers, humanists, and theologians, has discussed and debated the pros and cons of cloning, whether to produce children or to aid in scientific research. This book is its insightful and thought-provoking report.
The questions the Council members confronted do not have easy answers, and they did not seek to hide their differences behind an artificial consensus. Rather, the Council decided to allow each side to make its own best case, so that the American people can think about and debate these questions, which go to the heart of what it means to be a human being. Just as the dawn of the atomic age created ethical dilemmas for the United States, cloning presents us with similar quandaries that we are sure to wrestle with for decades to come.