The Cloning Question
Ever since “Dolly”, an ewe, was cloned, there has been talk about the ethics of cloning. From the use of cloned embryos to stem cell research, people have been arguing for and against cloning. Those on the side of cloning, such as scientists interested in research for the good of mankind, have suggested the practical use of being able to create organs or even fix a dying child (Beardsley 7). Those against the use of human cloning, mostly those from the Christian faith and some scientists, think cloning is immoral, but they think there could be many unexpected results that arise during research (Wachbroit 7). Behind all the talk of banning such scientific discoveries, some research is still continuing because there are currently no laws. Cloning is a largely discussed topic, even in other countries such as Scotland and Korea. Is it unethical to clone someone to make a genetically desired child?
Dr. Robert Watchbroit was hired at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy in 1986. On top of his several articles written about medical ethics and the challenges of genetic testing Dr. Robert Wachbroit has been given grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He and his fellow scientist have ideas about what will happen to the clone, both biologically and socially. Scientists fear that there will be many physical problems, even mutations, in the to-be born fetus and produced child (Wachbroit 7). Other moral dilemmas have been discussed such as the “right to an open future” (Wachbroit 9). Some people, such as Joel Feinberg, think there would be a problem with parents not allowing their child to grow up naturally. Instead they would choose what the child would be able to do, so if the child were to be cloned from a heavyweight-wrestling champion, the child’s whole life would revolve around only things closely...