The fourth blog is in concern about a contemporary issue known as human cloning. This contemporary issue has me very baffled and I have not decide yet on whether I am actually for it or against it. My religious belief of Christianity is in concern about the problem of human cloning because of its creationistic concept. Such belief tells those that no one is able to create or destroy life and that God itself is in charge of that. By the way even though the odds are slim to having twins at birth let us know that when a women is with twins, her reproductive system just cloned its own ovum naturally. The reading have given me something to think about but overall it didn’t create any stir but I really enjoyed all four readings.
As a believer I do take that in good consideration. But in the readings regarding human cloning, I may have to slightly agree with the reading “Moral Status of Human Cloning” by Tooley and other readings. One major concern that the writer has a very good point is in regard to organ transplants. Human cloning at the time it was popular was being experimented for the possibility of creating organ banks and such organs can be donated w/o the worry of consuming anti-rejection cocktails.
This is the highest bright side of human cloning but I also concern about what it means of “self” being. We are always told to “be yourself” and not imitate and Ralph W Emerson said something similar. Don’t we all think that society is an original community?
Like Journalism there’s a line between public safety and free press, in this case if we are all in for human cloning then let us all make sure that the project itself is to benefit mankind for the long run through producing children for sterile couples, creation of rejection free organs and other lifesaving procedures. But if a total sicko being wants to clone Unabombers and Bin Ladens to birth an army of terrorist clones then forget about it, do take safety in concern when it comes to cloning, there are sick people in this society. Once again to me, I may go with human cloning ONLY if it is in the hands of sane biologists and it serves as a long term cure for our modern day health problems. The real obstacle with human cloning is trying to sway Big Pharma to favor it.
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It's interesting for me to read this from a religious point of view as I myself am not religious. You make a really good point about how nobody would want clones of Bin Laden and what not to be made. So where do you think they would draw the line with who can be cloned and who can't be? I personally think it will just end up being a luxury for the rich.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting for me to read your blog, it having been written from a religous point of view, since I myself am an athiest. I personally feel that the governemnt must begin research or else like the becks said it'll become a luxery for the rich. Therefore by not doing any research the govenrmnet only serves to slow down inevitable progress, not stop it and if they do no research they assure that'll only be a tool for the rich.
ReplyDeleteI like that you gave the religious view on this topic. i had not even thought about it, mostly because i am not religious, however i am not sure if i agree with it being okay for some people but not others. that would just make way for more problems. i would have to agree in saying that it would end up something that rich people just did while adding that if that was the case then maybe it would not even concern everyone else, how would we know right?
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