Why Should Human Cloning Be Prohibitted ?
Project outline
Should human cloning be prohibited?
I. Introduction
A. Background of human cloning (what is human cloning)
1) Definition of human cloning.
2) What are the community’s views on human cloning?
3) Current situation of human cloning in this century.
B. Thesis: Although human cloning brings about quite a number of benefits to mankind, it is undeniable that it can potentially change a person's perspective on religion, life and social norms.
II) Arguments supporting thesis:
A) Against religion
1. Every human being must have soul.
2. Human cloning is an act of “playing GOD”.
3. Cloning is considered contrary to the moral law.
B) Devastates parenting and family life
1. Parents do not take care of clones like actual children.
2. Parents of clones might value children according to how much they look like themselves.
3. Undermine the basic elements of loving, nurturing family and to accept each child as a unique individual.
C) Causes unbalance to the society
1. It is incredulous that reproduction is separated from love and other human relationship.
2. Would result in the entire world trying to selectively breed “the perfect specimen".
3. Higher number of clones on the road compared to naturally bred human beings.
D) Medical issues and health concerns
1. The cloned individual will retain the age of the donor's genes.
2. Imagine a 20 year old person being placed involuntarily in an infant's body so to speak .
3. The clone can carry certain abnormalities from the donor and that it may die sooner than expected.
III. Opponents most important argument
A) Medical breakthroughs
1. Heart attack
2. Infertility treatment
B) Rejuvenation/ Reverse-aging
1. Make an old person to look young and.
2. Improves confidence of one
C) Cloning influential people who have brought advancement to the
Should human cloning be prohibited?
I. Introduction
A. Background of human cloning (what is human cloning)
1) Definition of human cloning.
2) What are the community’s views on human cloning?
3) Current situation of human cloning in this century.
B. Thesis: Although human cloning brings about quite a number of benefits to mankind, it is undeniable that it can potentially change a person's perspective on religion, life and social norms.
II) Arguments supporting thesis:
A) Against religion
1. Every human being must have soul.
2. Human cloning is an act of “playing GOD”.
3. Cloning is considered contrary to the moral law.
B) Devastates parenting and family life
1. Parents do not take care of clones like actual children.
2. Parents of clones might value children according to how much they look like themselves.
3. Undermine the basic elements of loving, nurturing family and to accept each child as a unique individual.
C) Causes unbalance to the society
1. It is incredulous that reproduction is separated from love and other human relationship.
2. Would result in the entire world trying to selectively breed “the perfect specimen".
3. Higher number of clones on the road compared to naturally bred human beings.
D) Medical issues and health concerns
1. The cloned individual will retain the age of the donor's genes.
2. Imagine a 20 year old person being placed involuntarily in an infant's body so to speak .
3. The clone can carry certain abnormalities from the donor and that it may die sooner than expected.
III. Opponents most important argument
A) Medical breakthroughs
1. Heart attack
2. Infertility treatment
B) Rejuvenation/ Reverse-aging
1. Make an old person to look young and.
2. Improves confidence of one
C) Cloning influential people who have brought advancement to the