Thread: Cloning Pets

Originally Posted by PhilosopherStoned

This is already happening with fish for aquariums. They look tacky as hell. If we can't ban it on the grounds of bio-ethics then I'm going to hold out hopes for banning it on the grounds of good taste.

I always thought that would look cool. You could have a glowing fish aquarium next to your bed. Nice, calm blue light. What's wrong with that?

Also, I don't think these ideas are too far out of our realm of moral judgement.
You just have to think about what it actually is. You're just using a set of identical genes basically.
Choosing a sperm which is not going to produce a sick human is obviously a good thing, anyone who has qualms with that is guaranteed to be religious.
What if, somehow, you chose a sperm to implant which was exactly the same as a previous human?
Would that be, even though it's the same as cloning, "wrong" too?

I wouldn't clone my dog. At least, I probably wouldn't, thinking about it now. But who knows when he's gone what I would want.
I just think there is some rationality it letting things go. Whether that be objects or living organisms.

Also, the only problem I can see with cloning a human, and why it is different from cloning another animal is that humans can talk.
The clone would eventually find out that it is a clone. How would that make him or her feel?

Originally Posted by tommo

Also, the only problem I can see with cloning a human, and why it is different from cloning another animal is that humans can talk.
The clone would eventually find out that it is a clone. How would that make him or her feel?

Said clone finds out, murders you, and attempts to usurp your place. How does that make you feel? (I think it would make ME feel dead.)

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

Said clone finds out, murders you, and attempts to usurp your place. How does that make you feel? (I think it would make ME feel dead.)

I thought we were assuming the original person was dead already.

Originally Posted by tommo

I thought we were assuming the original person was dead already.

Nope. Simultaneousness. There's really no "point" to cloning yourself in the long run unless you are harvesting your own organs (and that's just creepy.) What purpose are you serving? taking more food away from starving people?