Question Is human cloning immoral? Or can it help more society rather than do it harm?

Accepted:
December 6, 2008

Comments

It's hard to give an all-purpose answer. But notice: the way you've posed the problem suggests that if cloning does more harm than good, it would be morally acceptable. People who think right and wrong are a matter of consequences would agree; people with a different way of thinking about right and wrong might not. Someone might argue, for instance, that trying to make copies of people shows a fundamental lack of respect for the humanity of the beings who result -- doesn't treat them as "ends in themselves." I'm not sure that would be a convincing argument, but it's easy to imagine it being made.

As to whether cloning people might have net benefits, the answer surely is that it would depend on a lot of other things, which is one reason why it's hard to give a blanket answer to your question.

Question Is human cloning immoral? Or can it help more society rather than do it harm? Accepted:December 6, 2008

Question Is human cloning immoral? Or can it help more society rather than do it harm?

Accepted:
December 6, 2008