What do your class think about the idea of people cloning pets?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60924936
Use this article, or extracts from it, as a Philosophy for Children stimulus. There’s also some more background info here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/tech/cloning/newsid_1676000/1676819.stm
Big ideas include pets, cloning, money, animal welfare, love and attachment.
Philosophical questions
Here are some questions that students might create from this stimulus:
Is loving the cloned pet the same as loving the original pet?
Is cloning a good use of money?
If it’s ok to clone pets, is it ok to clone humans?
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