Thoughts and Reflections on Contemporary Moral Issues (And Fancy Jazz Like That)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Waste of Our Time
While I do not think that cloning is particularly unethical provided that the process to producing humans does not involve harming sentient beings, I do think that cloning is simply a waste of time. The benefits of cloning an actual human are pathetic in comparison to other technological and more practical advancements. For instance, growing babies in large tubes or vats instead of inside of the womb would have a substantial effect on a natural biological humans. It would allow for increased brain size and thereby increased brain capacity. This is something that we should look into instead of looking into instead of cloning. Additionally, stem cell research would be a much wiser investment of time and resources; since it perpetuates good genes and can artificially filter out the bad ones. These sorts of projects would work much better to improve the human condition. Cloning is pale in comparison to other things that we are capable of. As such, I don't think that we should waste our time with cloning after we figure out how to clone meat (for ethical reasons mentioned in the previous post).
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