Human Cloning

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Perfection in humans is unheard of. We cannot even agree on what ‘normal’ is, much less what is perfect. All opinions are based on what each person prefers, or what works best for them. Human life should not be decided this way. It could lead to mass races, and people working toward creating the “perfect human.” Such people would be used as human machines, neglected as people, looked to only for what they can do, and not who they are.
Hard work wouldn’t be as appreciated in the world. “workers” for specific causes will be created. Naturally born people will want to use these “created people” for their own use. Biologically cloned humans would be shunned from society as outsiders. People think in “fairness” terms naturally. Would it be fair to naturally made people to compete in a world with biologically enhanced clones?
Let’s look at the motives behind cloning. The biggest anticipated reason for cloning would be to “replace” a lost child or loved one, or “create” a child from homosexual or infertile couples. Other reasons include “growing” organs for replacements, creating perfect humans, creating humans for specific causes, cloning to further medical research, to find a way to immortality, or to create mass races, for whatever cause.
While many ethical concerns worry about medical risk, and the use of embryos, many critics have focused on the danger to people's individuality and uniqueness. The most troubling concern is that clones will be exact carbon copies with no uniqueness or identity because a clone would be psychologically and physically identical to his or her DNA donor. A U.S. News and World Report cover features a drawing of an ink stamp pressing out thousands of crying babies. This image portrays cloning as a frightening mass production of sameness while cloning treats clones as commodities with no identity or soul. The fear of losing identity reflects people's belief i...