Nature vs. Nurture and Cloning

The longstanding controversy over nature vs. nurture is being brought into focus by the introduction of human cloning. In the original debate, one faction claimed that a person's nature heredity and personality was more important than the person's nurture environment and upbringing in determining their physical and behavioral traits ("Nature versus Nurture"). This genetic determinism hinges on "the hypothesis that all physical and behavioural phenotypes are determined solely by genes" ("Genetic Determinism"). By contrast, the other faction social determinism insisted that one's nurturance made more difference than one's nature. Both factions pointed to examples that supported their arguments, but neither side seemed willing to admit that nature and nurture are to some extent interdependent and inextricable from one another. Learning, for example, can be facilitated by a supportive environment where rich learning opportunities are available; it is still limited by one's ability to learn, however, and learning "must be accomplished by innate c

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