Utilitarianism This story addressees cloning. In a utilitarian’s viewpoint, it may be a good thing. It does aid in prolonging the life of the individuals cloned. It also can help in that, those who are cloned can go on with life not just for themselves but to continue in society contributing to the society as a whole. Cloning also has an argument against it. What about the clones? Are they lesser beings?
Do they deserve to be slowly donated away without any consideration of them as individuals? In the utilitarian belief the consequences count, it would seem that the positive consequences of cloning outweigh the negative, in that society. The story gives us a look at the experiences of the clones. In their case they are to sacrifice what …show more content…
If it is these things that make life worth living for an individual than this morality may demand the person give up their very reason of existing. [Ethics A Pluralistic
Approach To Moral Theory, Lawrence M. Hinman, page 145] I would ask, how is that for the greater good? Only a number of people would benefit. The subject of cloning leaves me with some interesting questions when it comes to divine command. The first question that came to mind was, when is a human considered an individual being, with all the rights as any other human being? It brought me to a scripture in the bible at Psalms 139:15-16. It reads there, 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. http://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/passage/?q=psalms+139:15-16
If an individual believes in the bible and that God inspired it, cloning another individual for donations would be unacceptable. If God knows the individual before he or she is even formed this would mean that is a human being. To grow it and harvest it for parts would be
Do they deserve to be slowly donated away without any consideration of them as individuals? In the utilitarian belief the consequences count, it would seem that the positive consequences of cloning outweigh the negative, in that society. The story gives us a look at the experiences of the clones. In their case they are to sacrifice what …show more content…
If it is these things that make life worth living for an individual than this morality may demand the person give up their very reason of existing. [Ethics A Pluralistic
Approach To Moral Theory, Lawrence M. Hinman, page 145] I would ask, how is that for the greater good? Only a number of people would benefit. The subject of cloning leaves me with some interesting questions when it comes to divine command. The first question that came to mind was, when is a human considered an individual being, with all the rights as any other human being? It brought me to a scripture in the bible at Psalms 139:15-16. It reads there, 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. http://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/passage/?q=psalms+139:15-16
If an individual believes in the bible and that God inspired it, cloning another individual for donations would be unacceptable. If God knows the individual before he or she is even formed this would mean that is a human being. To grow it and harvest it for parts would be