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To: The Philosopher who wrote (3767)	1/15/2003 4:12:25 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7720

There are a lot of other implications for cloning. For instance an older business person could have himself cloned at say about age 50 with the idea that after a stressful working life he could have a young identical other he could harvest body parts from when needed. There would be no chance of rejection of body parts etc. It is possible with new medical techniques to transfer his most vital organ the brain into his clone at some point. One could have several clones generated, one could be raised on a vegetarian diet the other on a meat diet etc. to see what his metabolism is best suited to. With genetics at a more advanced stage the personality aspects of the clone and intellect could be shut down so the ethics question becomes mute. At the end of the day the harvested clone is just a piece of meat with eyes and the appearance of being human.