Cloning Ethics Connection to Frankenstein
Photo Credits: Żbikowska, Aldona. "Example of Human Cloning." BlogSpot. 2012. Web. 2 March 2013. <tinyurl.com/9xt4gfs>
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Cloning is how humans can "play God" and scientifically create new life by using the DNA from another creature living or dead. Scientists have been cloning everything they can since the late nineteenth century, and hope to someday clone a human successfully. If they discover how, though, will it be the right thing to do? No. "Just because we can do something scientifically does not mean we should" (Jaffe). The people we clone would feel alienated from other "real" humans and would not be able to find their purpose in life, like Frankenstein's monster claimed in Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus:
"I was dependent on none and related to none. The path of my departure was free, and there was none to lament my annihilation. My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them" (Shelley 166). The photo at left portrays the steps taken when using cloning for surrogacy, which is still troubling for the child's views but is a great example of how cloning could eventually be used for positive reasons. -Becca Ball |