Human cloning is one of controversial issues coming into the 21st century. Currently controversy on human cloning concerning Dr. Wu-Seok Hwang is accelerating in terms of ethics, religion, society and law. There has been only recognition that the huma...
Human cloning is one of controversial issues coming into the 21st century. Currently controversy on human cloning concerning Dr. Wu-Seok Hwang is accelerating in terms of ethics, religion, society and law. There has been only recognition that the human cloning is generally good or bad, but so few citizens might have contacted information in detail. Therefore this study will develop logics centering around the basic implication of human cloning, its present situation and about four viewpoints, focusing on esthetic viewpoint.
This study presents following research questions ; First, what is the implication of human cloning? Second, how far has the human cloning come now? Third, why is the human cloning ethical issue? Fourth, what is the social and legal issue of human cloning?
Followings are the four hypotheses ; First, human cloning seems to have basically too many unreasonable things in terms of ethics. Second, the biggest point of human cloning is to facilitate the tendency of negligence of life. Third, human life comes into existence from the providence of God, the creator, but it is not created by creature. Lastly, human cloning should not be permitted in full scale, but within minimum scope.
There are two opinions about human cloning. Americans argue overall prohibition on research of human cloning. Koreans maintain that the way that humankind can be benefited through scientific development must not be blocked and the research of human cloning should be permitted if it aims medical cure. Human cloning is opposed to the religion. However animal cloning is permitted restrictively if it does not destroy biodiversity. In social terms, the behavior of cloning is regarded basically scientists' intervention in nature. Its seriousness is warned away that it can bring about a serious crisis to marriage and family system, and duplicated man can be treated as means not as aim. resulting in commercialization. In ethical terms, it is controversial that the unethical experiment might violate personal rights, dignity and human esteem. It will be right and necessary to synthesize the basic understanding and situation of the cloning, the problems in four viewpoints and actual discussion.
Men came to be beneficial and convenient in various fields of life as information, science and technology develop day by day. The development of science and technology, however, confuses the ethical and social consciousness (sense of values). Chaos and collision is clear especially in the field of biotechnology concerning the enlargement of life span and health that is the absolute desire of men. Therefore the researcher is opposed to the scientific research on human cloning. The reason of opposition is that science fabricates the dignity of human being blessed by God.
This thesis is expected to incite people to think over the dignity of human life taking a step backward from the development of science.