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Bioethics: 5 Reasons why cloning is unethical

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Bioethics : Reasons Why Cloning is Unethical Introduction From the day that `Dolly the sheep ‘ made it to the headline news , the controversy regarding her existence has never ceased . It is quite amazing , how the issues surrounding a sheep could create such a great divide on public opinion , stir up much debate in scientific halls , and whose implications caused a dilemma that reached a magnitude which needed a presidential decision .Needless to say , the debate did not concern agriculture or animal rights , but on how she came to be — by cloning . Contrary to popular belief , these clinical ventures though , were not done by sheer sense of adventurism , or by simple acts of human arrogance of `playing God .Instead , this breakthrough in the field of biotechnology , along with other related cases , was carried out with the legitimate purpose of propagating livestock that carry desirable traits . Breeders can easily then raise farm animals that have the preferred traits and thus increase productivity and yield . Also , lab research for the noble intention of developing drugs , require numerous testing on animals before it can finally be declared effective and safe for human use . Cloning would allow them to produce test-animals that display similar or identical characteristics and thus help validate results .There are several other reasons why cloning is held by many scientists as an essential means for improving human condition . However , such so-called conditions had now been raised to the point of fulfilling needs other than physical necessities . Man ‘s many woes and…


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