Cloning: A Literature Review

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This paper examines the ethical arguments of those who advocate the use of cloning technology, in light of Ronald Dworkin's ethical writings on "the sanctity of life" and John Rawls' "theory of justice." In the conclusion, this paper argues that because the present state cloning technology violates the intrinsic value of human life, researches involving cloning should be banned.

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"In 1971, Nobel Prize winning-scientist James Watson wrote an article warning about the growing possibility of a "clonal man." Because of both the moral and social dangers cloning posed to humankind, Watson called for a worldwide ban on any research leading to cloning technology (Watson 8). Until then, cloning had been largely relegated to the realm of science fiction. Scientific research concerning cloning and in vitro fertilization was obtuse and technical, and hardly written about in the news."

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