The moral problems with reproductive cloning remain equally challenging. There could be certain circumstances, for example, where couples faced with infertility in which the positive aspects of reproductive cloning might outweigh any negative implications. But there are many other circumstances (such as the replacement of a dead child with a genetically identical copy) in which the motivations are likely to be much more ambiguous, if not overtly unethical.
In my opinion, we should support cloning research. Science is not a play and will never be one. When scientists research on a certain subject, it is within scientific and medical reasons. If successful, it can provide an opportunity to the victims of incurable diseases or a failing organ to live a life that they’re entitled to. It can give hope to the families of these victims. Even better is the idea that this research can provide a future where society is no longer plagued by diseases or abnormal birth defects! When a doctor tells a parent that their child will not survive after a critical accident, we can not imagine what the parents must be feeling. With a successful advance in cloning research, we can stop this! We can give the parents hope and their child a second chance at life.
However, like most technology, there is always a downside. It’s a gamble! Most scientists will use this opportunity to help mankind but there are some who will use it for their satisfactions fueled by lust, greed, or power. But for whatever the reasons may be, this usage of cloning is immoral as well as a crime. There is no need to “make” a companion or the need to have more than one of the same people or the need to create an army of the same people. The research for cloning should be solely used for a single purpose; this purpose is to give the people a chance to live and enjoy life. If used for any other purpose defeats the whole purpose of this research. This is the risk that we must be willing to take.
Cloning has caused many controversies in the scientific field and among the public. In their quest to help mankind, scientists have turned toward cloning as a possible solution to the problem. I advocate this research for medical reasons. I understand the good and bad possibilities that may result from the outcome of a successful cloning research. I am fully aware what evil may come of this. But I believe that a far greater good than bad will come out of it. If evil results from cloning, restrictions and laws can be made to protect the public. It’s a chance that we must take. Science can only advance by taking a chance! There’s a saying that wise man only gambles when he knows that he’ll win. This is a gamble that I’m willing to take because I know this cloning research will provide a healthy future for all of us.
