s like this affect their opinion on all types of cloning.The religious aspect is hard to refute considering many people have very strong faith in what they believe in. Playing God is the argument used to ban all types of cloning. This might be a valid argument if every person in the world shared the same religious beliefs or even believed in the same God. However, religion is so diverse that it would not be right to justify the thoughts and opinions of one group and not another. In addition, Hume points out another side of the religious battle by stating: Cloning no more involves playing God that other forms of reproduction, including sex. All of it, equally, creates life from life. And where the objection is that cloning is unnatural; artificial insemination, surgery, and the use of antibiotics are equally unnatural, yet still permitted (7).Hume is arguing that the term natural is one of personal opinion. Who is to say what is natural and what is not? He says that surgery and antibiotics, which are both used widely around the world, are just as unnatural as the issue of cloning. Therefore stating that cloning is playing God or unnatural is not easily justified because of mere personal opinion.Aside from cloning humans, there are certain types of cloning that can be very beneficial in medical research. With cloning technology it is possible to grow different organs needed for transplantation. This possibility can be achieved because once the cloning of a cell has been done and division begins, the cell does not have to grow into an entire person. Different techniques can be applied so the cell can be controlled and they would only grow into specialized cells or complete organs. For example, a kidney could be grown outside of the body to be used in a kidney transplant. There are many benefits to this procedure. As stated before, people would no longer have to risk their lives waiting for an organ donor to come along. Not ...
