Nevertheless, our genes contribute significantly to our intelligence, talents, appearance and temperament. Therefore, cloning supporters argue that it would be worthwhile for us to clone people with exceptional intelligence or artistic genius. Enthusiasts also have suggested that parents, confronted with the death of their infant, might choose cloning as a means of replacement. In response, marital love and the ability to procreate pertain uniquely to the essence of being human. To reproduce asexually violates the fundamental nature of human sexuality and intercourse.
Cloning transforms the cloned individual from a subject into an object of production.
Moreover, cloning techniques would not show a proper respect for the developing embryo. Cloning may produce long-term adverse consequences as well. Cloning of human individuals should be banned because of the inherent nature of the action and its potential consequences. However, I am not sanguine about the chances of preventing the theoretically possible from becoming a reality. As a worldwide community, we have been able to develop a moral consensus to restrict the use of technologies such as nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.