Earliest research projects on cloning technology launched in late 20th century. With advancement of science, there was a breakthrough in 1998— a human embryo clone was created.(But then destroyed after 12 days.) This discovery indicates that the era which there is common usage in human clones will not be far away and it is something we all should be aware which the ethical issues should be well-addressed. While human clones have intelligence and physical properties that are identical to that of humans, their rights should be protected. The action from the phenomenon illustrated in the movie ‘The Island’ which people obtain organs from clones, is morally unacceptable. In this essay, I will explain the reasons why humans stop the clones from
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The Principle of Utility states that, “The utilitarian doctrine is that happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being desirable as mean to that end” (Mill, 1861) Happiness is undeniably hard for us to measure but for sure there is a large possible that there will be more positive emotions than negative. As the rest of the clones do not know about the truth, no unhappiness will produce even a clone dies, instead they would be glad for the clone who has ‘won the lottery’. On the contrary, especially in this world with a shortage of organs donors, being successful to find a suitable organ for transplantation is like a miracle. According to a survey done by the National Kidney Foundation, the average waiting time for a person to have a kidney transplant surgery is 3.6 years, which is quite a long queue. As we can see, if people can receive the organ transplant from clones right away, they will be grateful, so as their family and friends. Therefore, from the viewpoint of utilitarianism, this is moral. Somehow, I doubt with the above argument. Most people would feel guilty once they realize the fact that they live by sacrificing somebody’s lives. Having compassion towards others is one of humans’ instincts, as listed from the Analects. Whenever we see or notice somebody else is suffering, we would be empathetic …show more content…
Immanuel Kant once stated that all rational beings are worthy of dignity and respect. While clones reassemble humans in quite a large extent, they should be treated like humans, which are granted with well-defined human rights. People nowadays always emphasize the importance of having rights. Only with equity in rights in all races, a moral and harmonious society can be built. Technology should be something that improves the society, instead of causing differentiations between species. Therefore, organ transplant from clones is morally
The Principle of Utility states that, “The utilitarian doctrine is that happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being desirable as mean to that end” (Mill, 1861) Happiness is undeniably hard for us to measure but for sure there is a large possible that there will be more positive emotions than negative. As the rest of the clones do not know about the truth, no unhappiness will produce even a clone dies, instead they would be glad for the clone who has ‘won the lottery’. On the contrary, especially in this world with a shortage of organs donors, being successful to find a suitable organ for transplantation is like a miracle. According to a survey done by the National Kidney Foundation, the average waiting time for a person to have a kidney transplant surgery is 3.6 years, which is quite a long queue. As we can see, if people can receive the organ transplant from clones right away, they will be grateful, so as their family and friends. Therefore, from the viewpoint of utilitarianism, this is moral. Somehow, I doubt with the above argument. Most people would feel guilty once they realize the fact that they live by sacrificing somebody’s lives. Having compassion towards others is one of humans’ instincts, as listed from the Analects. Whenever we see or notice somebody else is suffering, we would be empathetic …show more content…
Immanuel Kant once stated that all rational beings are worthy of dignity and respect. While clones reassemble humans in quite a large extent, they should be treated like humans, which are granted with well-defined human rights. People nowadays always emphasize the importance of having rights. Only with equity in rights in all races, a moral and harmonious society can be built. Technology should be something that improves the society, instead of causing differentiations between species. Therefore, organ transplant from clones is morally