Issues Involved in Cloning
by Tajan Abdulla
1. you can resurrect someone you have lost
2. clones can do work that no one wants to do
3. organ donors
4. preservation of an endangeregd species
5. you could stop diseases
5.1. we could gain immunity against diseases through genetic manipulation
6. you can alter people
6.1. You can make better versions of humans
6.2. You could create two social classes: a upper and a lower class
7. It can help prevent the extinction of species
7.1. It can help increase food production
8. you could defeat all kinds off genetic diseases
9. Huge advances in science in fields researching the reason for self-awareness, the existence of a soul and similar fields
10. there may be higher rates of infection
11. ethics
11.1. immoral
11.1.1. ownership of clones?
11.1.2. human rights for human clones?
12. artificial process
13. one could destroy humanity through diseases in clones
14. less diversity
14.1. effects on evolution
15. Clones are biologically normal people. They can also make decisions but may feel patronized and weak in decision making by cloning
16. clones would be treated worse than "real" humans, although they are basically the same
16.1. clones could be forced to do something that others don't want to do
16.1.1. Clones could be used just to “produce” organs.
16.1.1.1. Clones might get exploited