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Cloning and Stem Cell Research Ethical Viewpoints Soraj Hongladarom Center for Ethics of Science and Technology Chulalongkorn University
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Viewpoints Reproductive cloning Therapeutic cloning Thailand’s position
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Reproductive cloning Is it ethical to reproduce another human being asexually? What is the purpose of sexual reproduction? Parthenogenesis Cloning What does it mean to be a human being?
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Therapeutic cloning This is where the most controversies lie. Is it ethical to ‘use’ what is potentially another human being as tissues to help treat another one? Key point: what exactly is a potential human being?
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Three types of countries
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Key groups
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Problems Is there a way to demarcate what is no more than a collection of tissues and a human embryo? If cloned embryos at early stage could be used, then what about those at a later stage? Perhaps even a fetus? A baby? What about remaining embryos from fertility labs? Big problem: Who decides who lives and who dies?
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Julian Savulescu There is no essential difference between a group of cells on my skin and a group of cells that will be cultured into stem cells. In theory, any type of cells can be grown into a new, complete organism.
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What is unique about humans? On the one hand, human beings are nothing more than a collection of cells. But on the other, human beings comprise societies, with laws and histories and traditions. The use of stem cells point to this ambivalence.
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What should we do? Complete ban is out of the question. But complete freedom is not acceptable either. Alternatives should be found that do not destroy embryos. Adult stem cells More studies and discussions.
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