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This 3 page paper looks at both sides of the debate. After looking at both sides, the paper concludes that cloning is a good idea after all. Religious objections are answered. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the sacrosanct topic of human development. After all, the most heated issues in the United States are the death penalty and abortion, two issues that involve life and death. When
it comes to the creation and development of human life, life is in the balance. What if the doctor makes a mistake? Should he throw the human life away and
start over? Did that human life that was thrown in the garbage have a soul? Similar questions are aligned with other controversial practices such as test tube babies and abortion.
In examining the ethics of cloning, two points of view will be examined, one from Habermas and the other from Peters. In his piece on cloning, Habermas talks about slavery
and notes that this is something that is morally wrong; thus, using new technology, such as cloning, is tantamount to slavery (164). The author notes: "According to the same moral
criteria, then, and not merely on religious grounds, the copying of the genetic material of a human being must be condemned. This procedure destroys an essential presupposition of responsible action"
(Habermas 164). The problem is that the clone does not have to bear responsibility for his actions and is in effect a slave (Habermas 164). The author also brings up
questions of legality and how legal conundrums might erupt from cloning (Habermas 164). After all, questions of identity come up. There is no lineage or parentage and this can create
problems. For example, who is responsible for the clone during his or her childhood? In general, Habermas feels that cloning is unethical. He writes: "Biology cannot relieve us of moral
reflection" (Habermas 171). Of course, not everyone concurs. Ted Peters reflects on the same issue. Not only does he not see the ethical quandary, he replies to questions about the
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