Therapeutic Cloning and Biomedical Ethics

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This paper examines the controversy surrounding therapeutic cloning in light of biomedical ethics. The author argues in favor of therapeutic cloning citing its medical benefits. The opposing viewpoint is also presented. The author concludes, however, that more people need to understand the nuances of cloning, so that it will become more acceptable in the future.

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"Cloning is basically the recreation of life in the form of the donor parent. In other words, when you clone a sheep, a pig, or a human, it is an identical twin of the donor. Cloning immediately frightens some people and excites others. It frightens people because it carries the implication that a scientist in a lab somewhere could create human life for his own purposes. That is frightening and ethically challenging. Many religious groups (and others) oppose cloning for the ethical reason that no one should be able to create life but God."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bedford-Strohm, Heinrich. "Sacred Body? Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning." The Ecumenical Review 54.3 (2002): 240+.
• Green, Ronald M., et al. "Overseeing Research on Therapeutic Cloning: A Private Ethics Board Responds to Its Critics." The Hastings Center Report 32.3 (2002): 27+.
• Harris, John. On Cloning. New York: Routledge, 2004.

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