Question

What is Dan W. Brock's argument about human cloning?

Answer 1

Dr.Dan W. Brock is a well known bioethecist wrote a paper, commissioned by U.S government ,on the moral pros and cons of cloning.

According to Dr.Brock, it is argued that cloning would undermine our sense of individuality or uniqueness.Undermine the value or worth of human beings and our irreplaceable value and that a clone's freedom to construct his or her own life would be undermined.

"It would be insensitive and ludicrous to tell parents of a 12 year old child dying of fatal disease that they should not grieve for their impeding loss because it is possible to replace him by cloning - says Dan W. Brock.

On the question of moral worth,he argues that is the nature of the being, not how it is created.that makes it worthy of respect, pointing out that the children created by assisted reproductive technologies do not have less moral value.

Dr.Brock acknowledges that we can only speculate about the impact of such relationships, but argues that these effects of cloning are often based on mistaken belief in genetic determinism and as such are not warranted.

He says he makes no attempt to assess the full range of moral and policy concerns bearing on human cloning and that whether it will be safe and effective, let alone legal, remains uncertain.