“Ethics and Morality based upon Cloning”
A review of the literature review on ethical perspective of cloning
David Gonzalez
Introduction
In the world of science, there has always been the idea of ethics and what is proper to be conducted. When asking yourself what is right and what is wrong, it eventually falls into us to identify what is ethically and moral right. When regarding to the topic of cloning is has been a very controversial topic to say the least. We are often brought upon this battle between science and human ethics and whether a line should be drawn within this idea of potential human cloning in the future. In the last twenty to twenty-five years the idea of cloning went from being a concept of a science fiction movie to becoming a reality within the science community
Within this literature review, the sources will help identify on whether there is a standpoint within the science community and the human society and how there could be a potential miscommunication within the science community and those of us being part of the rest of society. As we proceed we will see the several standpoints of such science community and those who see Cloning as a negative impact towards life and basic human ethics and almost a potentially way of intertwining without having to go at each other.
This study reviews the morality and ethics behind cloning and how there could be a negative or positive side effect within the world and also within the science community
The beginning of Cloning
Cloning has been an idea that has always left the science community in awe and amazed. The possibility of artificially fabricating something that is living one day and even into something that is more connected to humans is something that was unheard of until the moment that the science world took a bigger turn and changed the perception of cloning. Such event was due to the creation of Dolly the sheep and the cloning process that came to happen.
In Human cloning and the myth of disenchantment by Laurentiu Staciu, we are able to see understand the concept of cloning and how the first successful event occurred and the ideas behind of what cloning really. In this article, we are able to see how that ” cloning is a process whereby an identical genetic copy of a particular organism is created. As a result of this process, the DNA of the two organisms, the donor of the genetic material, and the clone, will be identical.” (Staciu) In this piece of evidence we are able to understand why there might be some controversies behind the creation and implementation of cloning. This ability to clone others without the process of natural doing so. With how Dolly the Sheep was cloned in 1997, it was bound to stir up the basic ideology of human nature and what is ethical right or what is simply wrong. In the text it later says how “the announcement provoked genuine hysteria in the mass media, the academic community, and even legislative forums around the world. commentators were quick to speculate about the possibility of cloning a human.” (Staciu) This allows for the audience to understand the two perspectives that are being presented within these articles, that being up to what point do we cloning in a general sense ethical or not.
Sources
Kemaloglu, C. A., & Birtek, F. (2019). A General Evaluation of Stem Cell Studies and Human Cloning from the Ethical, Faith, and Legal Perspective. Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery, 27(1), 3+. https://link-gale-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/apps/doc/A581623371/AONE?u=cuny_ccny&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=5ce9b269
Staicu, L. (2012). Human cloning and the myth of disenchantment. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 11(31), 148+. https://link-gale-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/apps/doc/A350577135/AONE?u=cuny_ccny&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=a61831c3
Nasrullah, Iqbal, R., BiBi, S., Muneer, S., BiBi, S., & Anwar, F. (2020). Ethical issues of human cloning. Journal of Medical Sciences, 40(3), 103. https://link-gale-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/apps/doc/A625112887/AONE?u=cuny_ccny&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=5f452d94
Green, R. M., DeVries, K. O., Bernstein, J., Goodman, K. W., Kaufmann, R., Kiessling, A. A., Levin, S. R., Moss, S. L., & Tauer, C. A. (2002). Overseeing research on therapeutic cloning: a private ethics board responds to its critics. The Hastings Center Report, 32(3), 27+. https://link-gale-com.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/apps/doc/A88248057/AONE?u=cuny_ccny&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=e35edc43
