PHIL 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, Transhumanism, Intellectual Disability
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Why we should ban the cloning of human beings . Sheep named dolly first cloned mammal transferred adult nuclei into sheep eggs. 29 implanted embryos, but only one live sheep survived. Produces individuals genetically identical to the donor of the dna: unethical experimentation. Morally wrong to subject humans to unsafe experiments. Identity and individuality could already know what diseases his original had, so could possibly know its own fate. His original has already lived and maybe even died. Fabrication and manufacture cloning creates a product, a man-made thing. Begetting creates a child, an unmade gift. Human dignity objection children are not commodities manufactured for the marketplace. Should apply any enhancements they want on themselves. Should be able to genetically enhance their children. Undermime human dignity and lead to slippery slope toward an ultimaely debased, think cloning is grotesque and unethical degraded human kind. Transhumanist these technological enhancements are opportunies to make the future greater.
