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Rockingham
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« on: May 26, 2012, 03:22:32 AM »

Why the hell do people think cloning animals is immoral? The other things I can understand why someone might consider them immoral(even if I disagree with them), but I can't wrap my head around the thought process that says animal cloning is immoral. , we can cram chickens in uncomfortable crates and eat them, but we can't clone them?
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So rightwing that I broke the Political Compass!
Rockingham
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2012, 04:25:53 AM »

Why the hell do people think cloning animals is immoral? The other things I can understand why someone might consider them immoral(even if I disagree with them), but I can't wrap my head around the thought process that says animal cloning is immoral. , we can cram chickens in uncomfortable crates and eat them, but we can't clone them?
Considering it hubris to mess around with the nature of a living thing. There may be some wisdom in that - just think of all the trouble we've had with invasive species, or some of the breeding we've done that leads to dogs with ailments you wouldn't see otherwise.
Also, anything unfamiliar is likely to lead to less acceptance.  People have spent a great deal of time already on justifications for killing animals for food or clothing, and so it seems perfectly natural and correct. So you have about ten times as many people who believe medical testing on animals is wrong as believe eating animals is wrong, even though a rational justification is arguably much stronger for the former practice.
That doesn't seem the consistent mentality though. Look how quickly and easily the internet, and other radically deviant technologies, have been adopted.
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