Is cloning ethical?

“Is cloning ethical?"
Dr. Kenneth Magnuson answers in Honest Answers | Episode 69

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[polarr]

this video really helped me in my science assignment on cloning. thanks much

[aliyunura]

To me It's more of a mixture of fear and reverence. Like atomic Fission and fusion, it holds great potential to benefit humanity and even our environment. The downside is you can't stop others from abusing the technology.

[sassyreineke]

In my opinion cloning a specific part of the human body, like an organ or something like that would be a very useful and important opportunity for humanity, but cloning a human beeing itself isn't something accepable, because sooner or later someone would try to abuse it and its simply disrespectful towards any existing human, aswell as any human that would get cloned, because everyone is individual and can't be copied.

[cemk]

At first, I want to thank Dr. Kenneth Magnuson that you share your knowledge with the world. Before I saw your statement in this video, I was very open towards cloning because I just saw positive aspects of cloning. It was admirable how you differentiated way of reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning for people which aren’t experts in this controversial topic. It is not comprehensible that research cloning is allowed in the USA although many human embryos must be destroyed in clinical trials through harvesting stem cells. Like Dr. Magnuson told us is the problem that we don’t risk ourselves with this awful procedure. It also shocked me that we take the risk for deformed animals and humans. The psychological strain for the cloned humans was not clear for me, because with this technique you treat the child instrumentally and rob their dignity. The aspect of re-engineering of humanity convinced me because I am religious, and I believe that god made us like he wanted.

I Really enjoyed your video! Thank you and go on like that.

[NamLe-poos]

Thank you for this very convincing video. You mentioned great arguments, some of them were new to me. For example I did not know that when they do research cloning they have to destroy the embryo.
You also made a great argument when you pointed out how many risks there are and that we can't be willing to take these risks for we won't be the ones who suffer from that, we would be risking something for someone else.
I absolutely agree with all of your arguments. You also explained this complicated topic in an understandable and even enjoyable way.
Again, thanks for this great video!

[johnm.castillo]

Okay if cloning is unethical because an embryo must be created to be destroyed and reproductive cloning means no consent, then why do we see warfare differently, or inadequate access to clean water? Isn't it the same?

[resul]

Thanks for the video, it was very helpful in my essay about cloning :)

[Macsly]

I think for a Christian, one of the most ethical dilemmas with human cloning, besides the prospects mentioned in this video, is would the clone have a soul? The Bible establishes that animals don't have souls as they can't choose right from wrong, but a human can and does have a soul. Once a human clone is made, do they have a soul and if so, is it a copy soul of the donor? It causes more issues for Christian beliefs than not and should just be stayed away from.

[ijakejobs]

America seems very religious that God still is mentioned in science.

[bookishwriter]

Take a shot every time he says "human being"

[PeetBrits]

Are we duplicating form or consciousness? I don't think it's possible to duplicate consciousness.

[dillynmykal]

Since when have we all become ethical?

[pugrosecarriephonenut]

i think cloning human flesh only becomes unethical when the entire organism/individual is completely cloned, because now it blurs the distinction of individuality between persons, who's who (which soul gets to be the that person's identity), who gets to be main person and who gets to be the slave.

i think cloning human flesh is still within perfectly-safe limits if the tech is used to clone only specific portions like the heart or the liver or to replace a damaged kidney, or to lease better life to amputees by cloning an arm or a leg, or just about any missing body part like an injured eye. not only is it NOT unethical, the (supposedly-controversial) tech is being used to further enrich human lives. now that is incapable of pecuniary estimation (to those unfamiliar with legalese, it means you can't put a price on human freedom and convenience, its not a quantity, its a quality).

it stays ethical if moral issues are never touched.

that's because i'm very interested in cloning female human flesh over a robot love doll (think of unmilitarized terminators) which features i'm thinking of building from literal scratch, from hair color to facial features to body measurements (the core personality is addressed by the robot's ai in its positronic brain, its discussion in cloning is out of place), so in effect it perfectly-falls within the limits of what's ethical, because of a few reasons:
1. that robot is a piece of property, its not a whole person being used for anything, specifically its way worse to use a prostitute or a mistress than to date an unmilitarized terminator (for lack of a better summarizing term for your regular civilian);
2. because only the hair and the skin and the skeletal muscles of a human female were grown from scratch, no real person was duplicated (no brain duplicated, no personality duplicated), so no harm done. it is highly-improbable to genetically-customize an individual's features (especially if i'm thinking of combining irish red hair with japanese-ukranian facial features) only to discover later such a real person actually exists.

[comrade_matthew]

a lot of evil agendas are done in the name of "greater good."

[Illuminati]

I have to admit it is a blow to my faith that something like this is even possible

[hibahariri]

I am Muslim and a bioengineer, according to what we believe I agree 100% with what you said

[josephrobles]

20 years after we saw a sheep cloned, u would think the majority of these questions wouldve already been answered by now thru ongoing trials.. but u know.. here we are 20 years later, stagnate on the issue

[guyoflife]

I'm an atheist but I appreciate the arguments. They were very thoughtful.

[tynnnaaaaaaaa]

Nandito ako kasi nag r-research ako. For knowledge and for grades. Shuta beh. Nanglalandi na sana ako ngayon.

[rfz_wild]

👁👄👁 Me when people say they want to save animals that are going extinct but are against cloning.