Cloning Is No Cure For Grief Argumentative Essay by Top Papers
Cloning Is No Cure For Grief
An argument against replacing a loved one with a clone.
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| 750 words
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| 2006
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The paper examines cloning from the perspective of replacing the life of a lost son or daughter. The paper then discusses how even in the case that cloning could produce a healthy replication -- no clone of any mammal to date can be said to be healthy -- replacing a loved one with a clone misses the moral, and ethical and philosophical awarenes that their loved one still is not being replaced. Furthermore, the paper argues that it would put a terrible and twisted fate upon the revived dead.
From the Paper:
"The ethical case to be made for cloning rests on a feeble foundation - sadly the most typical proposal forwarded to date appeals to our narcissistic nature, believing perhaps that many identical copies of self would recreate the world in one's own image - or maybe there is an unexpressed belief that we would be truly recreating ourselves - not just a three-dimensional photocopy of our genes, but a spiritual and emotional entity that we could vicariously life through, or perpetuate our own ego's individualized existence. Hmmm ... Whereas the narcissism card evokes little compassion or support, the..."Cite this Argumentative Essay:
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