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Jun. 10th, 2005
The friday five
Jun. 10th, 2005 04:22 pm1. How do you feel about the technology advancements of cloning people and animals?
It scares me... I don't think nature should be so greatly tampered with, our species has done quite enough to over-run the world, starve it of resources, pollute it nearly to extinction, and corrupt nature for the sake of convenience without replicating ourselves or animals as well... and that's not even considering the ethical arguments... don't have time or space for them! And cloning is a genetic/physical thing, so who's to say that the cloned person, who identically resembles in every physical aspect the person of whom they are a clone, will have the same soul, personality, id and ego??
2. If this technology became readily available to all, how do you think this will affect the future of our race?
I think it has the potential to devalue life... if you knew it would be possible to recreate yourself or a loved one, then the value we place on our life, or the lives of others, would not be as high... part of why we love people that are precious to us is because we know they can't be replaced.. what happens when they CAN be replaced?? Do our loved ones become as valuable as our toaster? "My partner/toaster carked it this morning and I really liked her/it.. thank science I can replace it with the same model"
3. If your much loved pet died and cloning was available, would you elect to have your pet cloned? What about family and friends?
Nope, definitely not.
4. Would your family have your consent to be cloned? Why or why not?
Not sure I understand this question... would I consent to my family being cloned? I have no control over the decisions of others... I would advocate strongly against it though. Would I consent to be cloned for the sake of my family? Hell no.
5. If you had the authority to clone any person no longer alive, who would it be any why?
I wouldn't
It scares me... I don't think nature should be so greatly tampered with, our species has done quite enough to over-run the world, starve it of resources, pollute it nearly to extinction, and corrupt nature for the sake of convenience without replicating ourselves or animals as well... and that's not even considering the ethical arguments... don't have time or space for them! And cloning is a genetic/physical thing, so who's to say that the cloned person, who identically resembles in every physical aspect the person of whom they are a clone, will have the same soul, personality, id and ego??
2. If this technology became readily available to all, how do you think this will affect the future of our race?
I think it has the potential to devalue life... if you knew it would be possible to recreate yourself or a loved one, then the value we place on our life, or the lives of others, would not be as high... part of why we love people that are precious to us is because we know they can't be replaced.. what happens when they CAN be replaced?? Do our loved ones become as valuable as our toaster? "My partner/toaster carked it this morning and I really liked her/it.. thank science I can replace it with the same model"
3. If your much loved pet died and cloning was available, would you elect to have your pet cloned? What about family and friends?
Nope, definitely not.
4. Would your family have your consent to be cloned? Why or why not?
Not sure I understand this question... would I consent to my family being cloned? I have no control over the decisions of others... I would advocate strongly against it though. Would I consent to be cloned for the sake of my family? Hell no.
5. If you had the authority to clone any person no longer alive, who would it be any why?
I wouldn't
