Talk:Ethics of cloning

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What are the procedures of cloning? Lets find out!

~Alvin Pak

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this is a well written article if this is the true knowledge

~RR

This article is terrible. Misodoctakleidist 01:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think the end of the other views section is well written, it's virtually a synopsis of the movie The Island... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.72.0.3 (talk) 17:29, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Organization

 * I have broken the article into different sections, depending on the religion. Pyrofork 22:04, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

The article, admittedly just a beginning, thus far deals only with an overview of the religious ethics of cloning humans, not with non-religious ethics or with the cloning of agricultural products. That needs to be made clear, otherwise the article does not meet any reasonable standard for objectivity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixeljim (talk • contribs) 23:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup of February 2008
So I just did a small cleanup of the article, and I'm mostly adding this because the three templates I used all refer the reader to this talkpage. I think they're pretty self-explanatory; once more research in the relevant areas can be done, it shouldn't be hard to expand the intro and add some pro-cloning (or at least "neutral") views. (The "Islam" section is just something that occurred to me, given that the other two major Abrahamic religions are somewhat represented, but future editors could decide to call it arbitrary and drop it altogether if they like.)

UNESCO and cloning
I'm removing the claim that UNESCO's Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Genome Rights states that cloning "contradicts human nature"; the only mention of cloning in the Declaration is in Article 11, which states only that human reproductive cloning is among those practices which are contrary to human dignity: ''Practices which are contrary to human dignity, such as reproductive cloning of human beings, shall not be permitted. States and competent international organizations are invited to co-operate in identifying such practices and in taking, at national or international level, the measures necessary to ensure that the principles set out in this Declaration are respected.'' I also offer that the sentence following the colon after this (after citation [6]) should be removed as well since it is an embellishment of both the letter and the spirit of the Declaration and probably represents only the personal views of its contributor. --BuffaloBill90 (talk) 18:12, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

WHO human cloning citation not in English
The page linked in citation [7] (WHO: A dozen questions (and answers) on human cloning) is not available in English; since this is the English Wikipedia I think the cited claim should be removed unless an English citation can be found. --BuffaloBill90 (talk) 18:23, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've removed the above mentioned claim. The only way I've been able to access any version of 'WHO: A dozen questions (and answers) on human cloning' in any language is on this forum: . Here the WHO only lists a number of ethical arguments against cloning that have been raised and does not explicitly commit to any of them, but presents its own position at the end of the article. While this would be a good resource for the main page, I don't think it's sufficient to take it from a copy on an internet forum, so some version of the original document should be found. --BuffaloBill90 (talk) 12:32, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

More problems with the 'Philosophical debate' section
Firstly, this section doesn't cover much philosophical debate, if any. At first it talks about the medical and other benefits that might be gained from cloning. Then it mentions one ethical objection, the UN's position, and a number of vague and unsourced objections based on animal rights and Playing God. The actual normative arguments that are supposedly being advanced need to be made explicit, otherwise it's just a list of facts. I'll do this myself if I have time. --BuffaloBill90 (talk) 12:49, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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Christianity section
"The World Council of Churches, representing nearly 400 Christian denominations worldwide, opposed cloning of both human embryos and whole humans in February 2006. The United Methodist Church opposed research and reproductive cloning in May 2000 and again in May 2004." was removed because it was coped for a book Gene Editing, Epigenetic, Cloning and Therapy.

"Most of the Christian churches and United Methodist Church, including World council of Churches, opposes the research of cloning of either human embryos or whole human." was added at the beginning of the section with citation.

Neelkoladiya (talk) 17:09, 19 September 2019 (UTC)