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Human Rights for the 21st Century
Rights of the Person to Technological Self-Determination

May 11-13, 2007
New York City

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Mark Youssef

University of Missouri – St. Louis

Mr. Youssef is studying philosophy at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, he received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky. His main interests in philosophy are in applied ethics.

Defending the Uninterrupted Right to Clone Listen to talk here

In this paper, I defend the practice of human cloning, by confronting four attacks against it. (1) the argument that cloning kills life, (2) The argument that a clone faces an uncertain future, (3) The possibility for cloning to create monstrosities, (4) Man playing god through genetic engineering. Through various arguments I show that we see how the possible benefits of cloning to aid humanity far outweigh the claimed negative consequences. Moreover, I claim that the negative aspects of cloning are things that we already deal with in the world, and show little to no care for these events.