Kass's Argument Analysis

In this excerpt Kass is presenting his testimony to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, in which he urges the commission to declare human cloning unethical. Kass’s argument is based on: considerations related to the ethics of experimentation, concerns about identity and individuality, the dangers of transforming procreation into manufacture, and the negative impact upon out understanding of what it means to have children. Throughout the testimony goes on to explain not only why cloning is unethical but he also attempts to persuade the commission to legally ban cloning. In the excerpt Kass raises four objections to human cloning, in his first objection Kass states “ and attempt to clone a human being would constitute an unethical experiment
This objection can be assumed because people love to be in control and have a plan, therefore, that type of person would chose cloning because it lessen the risk of having a child with a defect. Kass also implies by cloning children they are not able to live their own lives and the parent is attempting to live through the children. For example, if a parent decides to clone their child and gives them certain genes in order for them to posse certain talents. The parent will then expect the child to be a basket ball player, cheerlead, or whatever they want the child to be and thus this takes away to right the child has to chose its own path in life. In today’s society no one would argue against Kass for this objection, but could this be another premature statement? In conclusion, all of Kass’s objections make valid point on why cloning us unethical in our current society. The objections can be seen as premature thoughts because we are not living in the actual era of cloning. Cloning is still very experimental and we do not know all the benefits and effects of cloning. Therefore, some of Kass’s arguments can be ruled out. Even if cloning is improved and become beneficial one question that will remain is, is it ethical to