Human Cloning Is Unethical

Potter Stewart once said, “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” In the article,”Of Headless Mice…and Men” by Charles Krauthammer, it explains how it is unethical for scientists to create human clones for the sole purpose of disemboweling the body for personal needs. These human clones would be human in every form and way, however, a scientist would remove the forebrain. Although the cloning of humans would be promising for people's health, it is purely unethical and dangerous to create life and then destroy someone’s narcissistic values. The question that has been controversial for over a decade is if human cloning is unethical or not.
Throughout the article, Krauthammer conveys his point of view of human cloning by using quotes from scientists who support human cloning and responding back. At one point in the article Krauthammer states,“What prominent scientists are prepared to acquiesce in- or indeed encourage- the deliberate creation of deformed and dying quasi-human life, you know we are facing a bioethical abyss. Human beings are ends, not means.”(Krauthammer) The last sentence of this quote sums …show more content…
It is easy for people to say how human cloning would allow the great mind to live longer, and spread their wisdom and ideas. However, what if it lands into the “wrong hands”? It would be impossible to only have the United States have the knowledge of cloning, the rest of the world would have or eventually have the ability to do so too. Human cloning can land into the hands of terrorists who can use that to their advantage. One can say that this is a far-fetched idea, but with how society is with the chemical warfare and electronic warfare, anything is possible. As societies continue to advance as fast as it is now, anything that is used for helping the people can soon be used against the