Essay on Cloning

Essay on Cloning Introduction

Cloning, controversy, or a great opportunity that science could lead humanity to benefit from (Brock, 1998). Since the day it was dreamed of, it has been argued much in the following order; if it is possible, real or ethical. In the late 90s, the cloning process of a moving and responding animal, namely Dolly, the Sheep, was completed successfully, if you like to call it. However, it did not last long that the result of this controversial experiment lead the way into bigger obscurity when Dolly the Sheep passed away just seven years after it was brought into life, meaning it lived only half the life of an ordinary sheep. In this essay, three main concerns about cloning a human being will be discussed, not only from a scientific point of view but also from a social science point of view, which includes emotions. It is safe to say that emotion is the unique feature of life that science cannot duplicate; or, is it?

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Family Relationships: Thomas

One of the hardest things to bear in life is losing a beloved family member. Would not it be perfect being able not to be apart from your father, your mother, or your siblings eternally? Scientifically, as it is widely considered, we are getting close to the point. However, is it only the physical existence or presence of the ongoing biological functioning body of the beloved one that you desire to have in front of you? Consider your father that you have been seeing in every morning with a smiling face and holding you with his warm, caring arms. Would it feel the same if you wake up one morning and have the same good feelings from your very own father but with just a minor difference, different color of eyes? He still loves you with all his heart and still cares for you to be as good as possible.

However, he has a pair of eyes of a different color than he had last night. To be honest, the philosophy of existence is an open-ended debate, yet for most of us, existence is not what we are at the moment, but what we have been until now. The reason that one is much worried about a beloved family member is the suspense idea of indescribable pain at the point of death, which none of us have experienced and will not be able to tell about it after our experience. The pain of death is an assumption. No one has solid proof of it, and there are many stories that the dying person did not bother and even cared about others at that point. An assumption of assumed pain and not being able to break the habit of being by the side of specific people, do not justify the risk of creating people with the same biological features but an empty background of life experience. At this point, it is also worth considering not only the close relationships but also the effects of cloning human beings on larger social relationships. Would it be the same if you did not know whom you are talking to, to your teacher, or her/his clone?

Social Relationships: Thomas & Nicholas Agar

The second hesitation about cloning an individual would be the new shape that the social relationships would take. What makes us human is our social relationships and ability to think and plan in detail. Humankind interacts with each other every day, even without realizing it. Just think about it; with how many people did you interact yesterday? Opening up this concern, cloning people would cause ambiguity, even chaos. Cloning, if you consider the bright side, could help industrial development, workforce, and science.

Nevertheless, brightness is not the only side of this controversy. Many clones that are the genetic copies of their donors but with different background of life and experience, which will create a complicated social network between people. In terms of social obscurity, it is comparable for many people, but the negative side seems to be the dominating public opinion. Aside from the social questionability, there are other negative sides to this issue, such as immortality, world population, ethics of creating soulless working armies and wars that all these problems would cause. Speaking of which, art, work, handcraft, and the matter of human identity should also be taken into account.

Nature of Our Work: Our ID

Starting from the very beginning of history, humankind evolved, invented, worked, and created. Cloning is not only cloning the biological presence and bodies, but it is, at the same time, copying this history with different possible results (Agar, 2003). Most basically, humankind evolved so that it needed two legs and two arms and a vertical posture. Evolution is a continuous process. It cannot be stopped or delayed. If cloning is not applied, evolution will go on without question.

However, with the biological copies of this template of humankind explained above, to what direction would evolution turn into a better and quicker way for humankind to get better or worse? I cannot precisely know without experiencing, but to many, it is not worth trying. Where the world population is a considerable problem, creating more of the same would not be any good for mother earth. Our history, culture, art, and work until now have taken shape in a way. Breaking this way, tragically, would not be a good idea at all. Cloning would cause depreciation of the workforce, and inflation in population. As a result, these will cause harm to the identity of humanity on minor and major scales.

Conclusion

Wrapping up the argument, we are not talking about certainty. However, we are arguing about the possible results. No blind rejection to development in science is acceptable, yet while determining the way to proceed for science, good and bad for humankind should be considered in terms of biology, psychology, and emotions. Showing regard to every aspect, technical and emotional, of this issue, cloning people is not entirely desirable since it will possibly cause chaos, identity confusion and degeneracy of consciousness, overpopulation, workforce overload, and lack of natural sources. Finally, it is, for sure, a thing to desire and take a leap into when humankind gets benefits from cloning. However, with many questions about the physical and physiological results and ethical debates, it is not a really wise idea to actualize cloning.

References

Agar, N. (2003). Cloning and identity. J Med Philos.

Brock, D. W., Ph. D. (1998). CLONING HUMAN BEINGS An Assessment of the Ethical Issues Pro and Con. Clones and clones: facts and fantasies about human cloning. Norton. p. 141 - 164