Among the vast amount of controversies in the world today, the "birth" of Dolly, the sheep, gave rise to one that was able to shake the very principles of human existence and human interaction. As the idea of human cloning bravely steps out to the horizon, facing us in the most blunt way, it forces us to challenge issues, once so dear and so integral to our society. Issues of identity, individuality, and uniqueness are now, for the first time, questioned as never before. Even our conceptions of what is/was right and what is/was wrong are now re-called to be looked over and to be double-checked. The ideas of cloning animals and humans are, in fact, extremely controversial in their origin and in the effects the two will bring upon humanity. The articles, "Study Cloning, Don't Ban It," by Daniel J. Kevles, and, "Hello Dolly," by Ellen Goodman, are just one example of the arguments that are constantly postulated before the human population. In the two articles the opinionated authors discuss the prospective issues of animal and human cloning using their mostly different, but sometimes similar, basis on the subject matter. In their arguments, the very first and the very obvious difference between opinions of Daniel Kevles and Ellen Goodman is the issue of cloning sheep and animals in general. It is clear that Kevles is extremely optimistic about and very supportive of animal cloning. He has a lot of confidence and quite a bit of expectations, and dreams, if you will, in the advantages and the benefits that animal cloning has yet to give humanity. Kevles states that, with cloning, our possibilities and "fantasies are endless" (133). After all, Dolly's birth only "marks a milestone in our ability to engineer animals for food and medicine," says Kevles (132). In other words, Dolly's birth is simply the wonderful beginning of a new era in agricultural and medicinal worlds. Furthermore, Kevles implicitly suggests that Dolly's birth no...
