The advent of cloning: A redefinition of certain concepts

• Main Author: Santos, Mary Rose S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: Cloning; Concepts; Ethics; Utilitarianism; Consequentialism (Ethics)
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1200
• Institution: De La Salle University

Science has produced many wonders that help wo/man cope with different types of societal problems. Dreams through science, step into the world of reality. One of the most recent scientific break-through is the actualization of the cloning process. This new advancement brings with it advantages and disadvantages. This leads to many opinions regarding it. There have been moves to ban this type of research but then we must be careful because we might be banning a very important scientific process. The cloning process brings about the need to redefine certain concepts in life. Concepts such as family, marriage, parenthood, eternal life and sickness need to change because the events that these concepts are based on are currently under-going a face-lift. The concepts that resides in society should be able to adjust itself to the present situation in the society.