Cloning

Prompt:

There are numerous viewpoints on the subject of cloning. One side feels that the long-term benefits of cloning – primarily a search for medical cures – is worth the effort, but with some restrictions. Others argue that there is a strong potential for abuse in this era of corporate corruption, dishonesty, and misunderstanding. In your view, aside from religious and moral considerations, who should best make the determination whether cloning is legalized: doctors, politicians, or religious leaders? Carefully explain the rationale for your position.

Essay:

Cloning has long been a controversial subject. Some argue that people will misuse and abuse the power to clone. Others argue that the medical gains from cloning are extraordinary. Doctors, politicians, and religious leaders all argue different positions. Aside from religious and moral considerations, doctors will best make the determination whether cloning is legalized. Doctors have the most knowledge about the human body. Doctors are trusted by those who seek their advice. Doctors also know diseases better than politicians and religious leaders. With someone knowledgeable about the human body available, corporate corruption, dishonesty, and misunderstanding will be close to nonexistent.

When a person is sick, whether it is the flu or cancer, they go seek the professional diagnosis of their symptoms from a doctor. Doctors have studied the human body and disease. They know that a runny nose and a sore throat is more likely to be because of a cold, not a stomach infection. Because of this, doctors are able to determine whether a patient would benefit from cloning. Politicians and religious leaders were not educated in the fields of medicine or science. They are not the best decision makers when it comes to legalizing cloning.

Doctors know the most about diseases and what causes them. They are the best group of people to judge whether or not cloning is necessary and what types of cloning procedures are most beneficial. In many cases, cloning can help cure patients for the long-term.

With doctors making the decision to legalize cloning, there will also be less corporate corruption and dishonesty. Politicians argue for the people and are influenced by the people. Corporations fund a lot of political campaigns and so politicians are heavily influence by corporations. This allows corporate corruption to occur on a wider scale than with religious leaders or doctors. It is also possible for politicians to argue views that are in favor of their financial supporters. Religious leaders do not argue for the people and are uneducated in the areas of medicine and science. They don’t have the understanding of the exact affects of cloning. When patients get advice from doctors, they also have the freedom to go to multiple doctors to get different opinions. This eliminates all dishonesty and misunderstanding.

In conclusion, doctors are the best decision makers in the case of legalizing cloning. They are the most knowledgeable group of professionals in the areas of human medicine and science.