h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I don't think it's a very good idea. It would be great if you could clone your organs in case something happened to one, but the cloning of actual humans is, at least in my limited perspective, dangerous and unjust. Dangerous because of what could happen if the idea fell into the wrong hands. Cloned people would be are people just like the rest of us, but it is of my opinion that not everyone is trustworthy enough to clone (once you get past the fact that you need the knowledge, also). Some people might think that clones aren't as human as the rest of us, just as some think certain races are inferior, though I most certainly don't agree with this. These people could clone themselves and basically make slaves or unwilling organ donors, greatly dehumanizing the people created, bringing them down to the level of a lab rat or a insurance policy. Clones treated in this way would easily and quite understandable feel unwanted and uncared for. People who feel this way, who are denied love and care, can possibly develope a hatred of those uncloned humans. This possibilty would create a dangerous situation for all of mankind. This idea is similar to the one in Frankenstein, where Dr. Frankenstein creates a creature who, though kind and compassionate at the beginning, turns into a murderous monster, because of the denied love and care he never got from his creator or any other person.
Despite these possible worries, cloning should not be altogether outlawed. Cloning of human parts, that don't think, need love, or cause quite disasterous happenings in the wrong hands, is a good and hopfully practical idea. So many people die from diseased organs that could have been replace, and from rejected replacments. If our own parts were cloned, we would never have to worry about a lack of organs, and at the same time, the organs wouldn't need to be from people, and no one would need to die in order to save a life.