Hello, guys. I am going to share what my research paper is about and introduce some resources for my paper.
My research paper will
discuss that human cloning should be banned by utilizing a science fiction
movie, The Island as an example. This movie presents the humanity of the clones
by describing them as regular people, so that the audience can see the
argument, which is whether to allow the cloning of humans for medical
treatment. My research paper will argue the moral values of
cloning and explore what is a human being by comparing between the film and the
reality of the present. I did research
for my paper on the online databases of LaGuardia library and would share some
of them.
First of all, I found a journal
article on Academic Search Complete, “Ethical issues regarding human cloning: a
nursing perspective” by Leyla Dinç. The article explains what scientists do to
improve techniques of cloning and shows ethical issues of human cloning. In the
article, Dinc writes, “The second concern is the developmental
abnormalities that have been observed in various mammals cloned by somatic
nuclear transfer. The large offspring syndrome has been a common problem
occurring in several livebirth animals.”(240). The author challenges human cloning from a
nursing perspective by writing a consequence that experiments of cloning have a
risk to create deformed individuals, which is not ethical. This article helps
my research paper to show my readers what scientists do on the process of
cloning, and argue that humans a right to control life of animals and people, so
that my readers can consider what are the moral values of human cloning.
On the other hand, I saw
a positive opinion of human cloning in Moral
Status of Persons, by Jonathan K. L. Chan. This article was on Academic Search
Complete. Chan explains that as long as clones don’t harm humans, human cloning
research shouldn’t be prohibited. In his book, Chan states, “Thus, if we accept
that people have the general right to pursue knowledge, we need also to accept
that people have the right to do scientific research.”(196). He believes that people
have a right to do research to gain knowledge. He also asserts that clones would
have a different personality by having different experiences and this doesn’t hurt
the originals. I will add to my paper why he believes that clones don’t harm
humans. This article allows my research paper to show the pros of human cloning
and explains why scientists have been doing research in human cloning. This positive
perspective makes my paper more argumentative and helps my paper to challenge human
cloning.
I hope that this help can help to write your research paper!
