Monday, October 10, 2016

10/11 Research Questions

Question 1:
Is human cloning a good or bad idea?

Response 1:
Bad.
Response 2:
Depends who you want to clone.
Response 3:
Human cloning is a bad idea because it is unethical.

Question 2:
What makes people human?

Response 1:
Consciousness, uniqueness, competence, intelligence
Response 2:
If they evolved from another human
Response 3:
A being capable of complex thought and emotions

Question 3:
How does cloning change the value of human life?

Response 1:
If a person is cloned, that takes away a key factor of what makes people human: uniqueness. No two people are exactly the same so if someone is cloned, the individuality in the world is taken away.
Response 2:
It makes one’s original life less significant
Response 3:
The clone is considered a specimen/experiment more than it is considered human. If humans can just be casually “made” then the value of life is decreased.

As you can see, all three interviewees were mostly against human cloning. When asking people my questions I decided to write the question out and let then answer at their own leisure. When answering the first question person two had written depends who you want to clone followed by saying out loud I definitely wouldn’t clone that idiot while pointing to Trump. All of my interviewees were female and majoring in some type of science. Based on the few responses I received it’s safe to say not all people are ok with human cloning. In the end I wasn’t surprise with the answers I got, if everyone was for human cloning then we would be doing more often and it would be on the news more. When looking at the types of questions I asked, question one gave the responder a choice to say good or bad without further explanation. This question was not a good research question because of this. Question two also was quite difficult for my three interviewees. When asked the question of what makes a human human, two of the three started off by saying I can’t really explain it. This question might not be the best research question when looking for a specific answer because there isn’t one. Question three came very easily to the three of them, with them all saying the clone is less unique and the person who was cloned is also less unique. Out of the three question I believe question two was the best though. It’s a question which doesn’t have one correct answer which leaves room for your own input.


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