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Dudley, William. The Ethics of Human Cloning.

San Diego, CA: Greenhaven,


2001. Print.
The source focuses on the ethical issues in the debate for human cloning. It looks at
issues from both sides of the debate. It covers issues from individuality to love and
compassion for your fellow human. It debunks certain myths about human cloning,
such as the misconception that a clone is an exact carbon copy of the original
person.
We will utilize the facts that the largest debate against human cloning, which is the
fact that people believe a clone is an exact copy of the person being cloned who
isnt born, but created. The real fact is that a true clone is just a delayed twin.
This book gave us a large amount of insight, as it shows us the possible arguments
that the other team will use, and shows us how to counter them. Certain sections of
the book we will leave out, as they do not focus on our main points.

Roleff, Tamara L. Cloning. Detroit, MI: Greenhaven, 2006. Print.

This source focuses on the basic premise of whether cloning should be legalized or
not. It gives facts for and against cloning, from a large group of different people. It
also poses the question of whether we should research cloning to help us with stem
cell research. It also addresses the issue of how cloning will affect our everyday
lives.
We will use the arguments for human cloning based upon stem cell research, as it is
a great argument that most people will be unable to counter. We will also use the
multiple sources that were given in the book, as it will give us a broad point of view
on the subject.
This book gave us a large amount of insight, as it shows us the possible arguments
that the other team will use, and shows us how to counter them. Certain sections of
the book we will leave out, as they do not focus on our main points.

Canadian Periodicals Inquiry Quarterly. Human Cloning Prohibition act of


2003. 2003

This source is a debate to try and legalize human cloning, which is the same thing
we are trying to do. It puts forth a huge amount of points which we can use, such as
infertility in couples and the fact that we already tried to ban something like this in
the past in the form of test tube babies.
The main aspect of this debate that we will use is the points on infertility, such as us
repeating the past. This is so far our greatest source.
This debate gave us a large amount of insight, as it shows us the possible
arguments that the other team will use, and shows us how to counter them. We will
be using a large amount of the information in this debate.

Stem cells and cloning: where the regulatory consensus fails Roger
Brownsword New England Law Review. 39.3 (Spring 2005): p535-571. Article

This article shows the main arguments against cloning. It is taken from the point of
view of someone who opposes cloning. It mentions the ethical issues, as well as the
health issues. The main issue it addresses is that almost every animal cloned so far has
developed health issues.
This source is incredibly useful to use, as it gives us the main arguments against human
cloning. It allows us to prepare for the points they are going to make.
We wont be using the information in this book, but we will be using the information we
gathered to counter the information in this book

"Pros and Benefits of Cloning - Cloning Genetic Engineering." Pros and Benefits of Cloning Cloning Genetic Engineering. Web. 20 May 2014.
This source gives us great arguments for why cloning should be legalized. It states a multitude of
reasons, such as genetic screening or the fact that police can use it to find a criminal. It also gives
a large amount of unique points, which are rarely thought of in the debate about human cloning.
This source is relatively useful to us. It gives us some unique arguments for human cloning,
which we may keep in our back pocket to mess up the opposition.
We most likely wont be using many of these arguments in our debate. They may be unique
arguments, but the arguments just cant hold their own.

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