Cloned sheep and cow was born in 90s and developing of cloning technology has been one of serious social problems. Cloning technology can be applied to various fields. It might be useful for stable supplying of foods, manufacturing of medicines, avoiding extinction of endangered species and so on. However, the focus of the problem is on human cloning which is technologically possible. Applying cloning technology to human is quite danger from the viewpoint of life ethics. Cloning technology can create human clone for achieving egoistic or dangerous purpose, and it means that to treat human as just a tool. In addition, at the present stage scientists can not promise that if human clone can grow up safely or not. Therefore, although creating human clone is technologically possible, it should be stopped by the viewpoint of ethics.
Dec 16, 2006
Cloning Technology
Cloned sheep and cow was born in 90s and developing of cloning technology has been one of serious social problems. Cloning technology can be applied to various fields. It might be useful for stable supplying of foods, manufacturing of medicines, avoiding extinction of endangered species and so on. However, the focus of the problem is on human cloning which is technologically possible. Applying cloning technology to human is quite danger from the viewpoint of life ethics. Cloning technology can create human clone for achieving egoistic or dangerous purpose, and it means that to treat human as just a tool. In addition, at the present stage scientists can not promise that if human clone can grow up safely or not. Therefore, although creating human clone is technologically possible, it should be stopped by the viewpoint of ethics.
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