Human copies. (Q/A).Clonaid, a company founded by a sect that believes space aliens created life on Earth, recently announced it had cloned two humans. Scientists were skeptical, but the claim heightened concern about such efforts. Upfront spoke to Ronald Green, an ethicist eth·i·cist also e·thi·cian n. A specialist in ethics. Noun 1. ethicist - a philosopher who specializes in ethics ethician philosopher - a specialist in philosophy at Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , about human cloning Although genes are recognized as influencing behavior and cognition, "genetically identical" does not mean altogether identical; identical twins, despite being natural human clones with near identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether . Why is cloning a human different from cloning an animal, such as a sheep? There's almost a universal agreement that you can't impose great risks on a human being in an experimental context, certainly not without their consent. You're imposing risks on an unborn child in this case, so it's extremely questionable from an ethical point of view. Are there dilemmas in raising a clone? There are questions of too much identity between parent and child. Will the child be expected to be like the DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. donor, in ways that distort the child's life experience ... their sense of individuality? Do scientists favor human cloning? The overwhelming consensus of scientists who know about the biology is that at this time it is physically risky, very risky to try to bring a human being into existence by means of cloning. Will human cloning ever be accepted? I think the day will come, once the risks are behind us, that cloning will be part of the human reproductive repertoire, for people who do not have the ability to reproduce in a sexual manner. It could be in 20 or 100 years. |
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