Do_Clones_Have_A_Soul

Do Clones Have A Soul As we learned in class about the different parts of an individual, a very interesting and unanswered question came to mind. Does a clone have a spirit or a soul' I think this question could stir up some very interesting conversations. As for me, I chose this question because it challenges, in some way, Plato’s definition of justice by ways of the individual. As the years go by, cloning has become a more widespread topic within the media. This is due in part because scientists have been getting closer to this huge breakthrough of cloning a human being. Of course, there is no guarantee that the genetic copy of the real individual will be able to develop and grow as we normal humans do. Although this may seem like a big step in science, what many don’t realize is that while achieving to replicate a human being, physically, the clone will probably not be considered a “whole individual”. According to Plato’s “parts “of an individual, to be considered as a whole, one must encompass physical body, appetite, reason, and spirit. Together, the appetite, reason and spirit are the components that make up the soul. So far, a human clone would clone, soul, individual, spirit, one, interesting, human, cloning, because, trying, scientists, reason, question, plato’s, parts, able, whole, very, therefore, that’s, replicate, possible, point, person, justice, individual’s, god, genetic, copy, considered, body, believe, being, appetite, years, within