Pros:
+ Cloning organs such as kidneys and heart can save lives because there is a lower chance that the immune system would reject these organs.
+ Cloning can be a solution to those couple who cannot have children.
+ Animals can be cloned for research purposes.
+ Cloning can genetically alter plants and animals—making them more beneficial for human use.
+ Cloning can provide us with better understanding of genes and the human genetic makeup.
+ Therapeutic cloning can provide solutions to diseases such as Parkinson’s disease
Cons:
- Biologically, cloning reduces variability of genes and therefore decreases the chances of adaptation and evolution.
- Cloning can just become the tool of the rich, in which case it would bestow an unfair advantage on the wealthy.
- Cloning can result in custom-made babies, which would undermine individuality.
-Cloning can be considered morally and ethically wrong.If would lead to humans playing God.
- A cloned person would be considered just another man-made object and this would undermine the value of human life.
- Therapeutic cloning destroys human embryos which would otherwise develop into human babies.
