Consider the positions for and against stem cell research. If stem cell research can benefit a large segment of the population (from repairing cells to curing diseases), is it our duty to continue with such research even if there is the potential to abuse such technology? If so, what steps should be taken to prevent such abuses? Apply the Three Primary Schools of Ethics to determine if stem cell research should be allowed or prohibited. This is the case for the question below. Do not answer the question above.
With reference to the stem cell issue, the real moral concern seems to be about cloning. To Kant, the moral value and significance of a person comes from their ability to rationally will some act. So, if we could produce clones who did not develop that capacity - somehow - would that eliminate the questionable moral status of human cloning? Or is Kant wrong, somehow?