In this essay I will be discussing about if it's ethical to clone humans to harvest organs. I strongly disagree with such medical treatments and I will explain in the below paragraphs my view point.
Even though medical science has made a lot of progress over the past few decades, there are some diseases which cannot be fixed by medicine or treatments. For example, kidney or heart failure in most cases would require an implant from a donor. It sounds like an easy option to clone humans to get the replacement body parts, but we have to think about the ethical implication of it. By cloning, we are artificially produce another human being who is same at a DNA level as the patient. Their memories and behaviour characteristics might be different, but they are still a living, breathing human being. Harvesting them for their organs means we will be killing one person for the survival of another which I believe is highly unethical.
Also, cloning is not something that we can achieve in a small time frame. A cloned animal will take the same time to grow up as it's naturally born DNA donor. That is a long time for humans. There is some promising research happening with STEM cells, which will enable medical scientists to grow the just the organs in the laboratory. This will require only a shorter time compared to cloning. There are many companies who will collect and cryogenically freeze STEM cells as soon babies are born so that once the current research reaches mass production stages, people will be able to make use of them.
To conclude, there are many upcoming treatment methods which don't have the moral implications of destroying a life to save another. Also, cost and duration of cloning will hinder its growth as a credible way of treating diseases.
In this essay I will be
discussing about if
it's ethical to clone
humans
to harvest organs. I
strongly
disagree with such medical treatments and I will
explain
in the below paragraphs my view point.
Even though
medical science has made
a lot of
progress over the past few decades, there are
some
diseases which cannot be
fixed
by medicine or treatments.
For example
, kidney or heart failure
in most cases
would require an implant from a donor. It sounds like an easy option to clone
humans
to
get
the replacement body parts,
but
we
have to
think
about the ethical implication of it. By
cloning
, we are
artificially
produce
another
human
being who is same at a DNA level as the patient. Their memories and
behaviour
characteristics might be
different
,
but
they are
still
a living, breathing
human
being. Harvesting them for their organs means we will be killing one person for the survival of another which I believe is
highly
unethical.
Also
,
cloning
is not something that we can achieve in a
small
time
frame. A cloned animal will take the same
time
to grow up as it's
naturally
born DNA donor.
That is
a long
time
for
humans
. There is
some
promising research happening with STEM cells, which will enable medical scientists to grow the
just
the organs in the laboratory. This will require
only
a shorter
time
compared to
cloning
. There are
many
companies
who will collect and
cryogenically
freeze STEM cells as
soon
babies
are born
so
that once the
current
research reaches mass production stages,
people
will be able to
make
use
of them.
To conclude
, there are
many
upcoming treatment methods which don't have the moral implications of destroying a life to save another.
Also
, cost and duration of
cloning
will hinder its growth as a credible way of treating diseases.
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