Is cloning our pets a slippery slope to human cloning?

by Kamelia Morgan

Created on: July 23, 2009   Last Updated: July 25, 2009

Cloning or replicating something, whether you are replacing that which was lost in death or for just the sheer joy of playing god, is undoubtedly the next gigantic futuristic steps to be made in mankind's' evolutionary and technological heights. It is somewhat understandable when cloning is done to our once and still beloved pets, but we need to observe that in turn we are positioning ourselves for not only the failures which encompass this discovery but also the successes that go with it hand in hand.

For one to say whether exercising this method through which to duplicate a living thing from acquired cells is wrong or right, we would need to investigate and apply the principles of ethics and moral beliefs. Society is built on laws and regulations, and according to the laws of some states, this action of cloning stems way beyond the person morals and ethical concerns of the public. Many state officials and those responsible for constructing legislations, consult the public in terms of their views and opinion; in turn those in society who consider that cloning is not far-fetched nor do they believe it is wrong, will question those who cling to the opposite side (those who feel it is wrong) and declare "is it not unethical and immoral to recognize within oneself that through the act of cloning many lives may be changed for the better and as such many illnesses and health conditions treated or even reversed through much research and study?!

Subsequently those who disagree with the concept of cloning will need to consider the notion suggested. The origin of ethics and moral duty and understanding envelops doing what's best for and to our fellow man, that which will not harm him, but instead help him, resulting without malice or corruption. However many do not see things in this luminosity however bright it may beam. Our pets are precious and so are humans; to many individuals, their pets are treated as a part of the family or in some odd sense, treated like you would a human child. Men are lovers deep down; seeking to love and be loved in return- though that is balanced through men's natural ability to war and cause conflict as well. However, there is still something within us, urging us to be better people, do extraordinary things, cure diseases, travel to the outskirts of the universe, live longer years, discover the link to eternal youth and immortality, in short man's aim is to cheat death.

But though the art of cloning is in my own book a

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