Senator Pro's Guiding Questions

Each team has to prepare written answers to the guiding questions listed below that will help you in the debate.

Scientist-

a.     Is it scientifically/medically appropriate to destroy human embryos for therapeutic cloning purposes? If no, explain. If yes, explain. In either case, provide examples.

b.     Are the potential medical benefits of human cloning too great for us to let fears about the unknown drive future policy banishing human cloning? If no, explain. If yes, explain. In either case, provide examples.

http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/clissues

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml

http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/cloning/cloning.j

http://www.reproductivecloning.net/savulescu.html

Community Advocate-

a.     Will the benefits of human cloning outweigh the loss of human dignity? If no, explain. If yes, explain. In either case, provide examples.

b.     What are the risks and benefits to the community and the public sphere as a whole? Whom will the technology help? Does it have the potential to hurt anyone? How?

www.religioustolerance.org/clo_intr.htm#use

http://www.indianchild.com/cloning.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/24355/homenav.html

http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/index.cfm

http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/issues/cloning.htm

Economist-

a.     What are the costs of cloning?

b.     Is it worth it to spend the money? If yes, why? If no, why not?

c.     Should we spend money on the development of human cloning while we neglect schools and public health? Either way, explain and provide supporting data.

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml

http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/mcgee.html

http://www.forbes.com/2001/11/26/1126cloning.html

Legal Investigator-

a.     Should human cloning be regulated? How and by whom?

b.     If human cloning is banished, what would be the legal ramifications for those who continue to clone?

c.     If human cloning is embraced, what are the legal ramifications for those born as a result of cloning?

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/31/findlaw.analysis.hilden.cloning/

http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/mcgee.html

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml

After completing this work, prepare to do your debate by going to the Debate page.