Preventing a Brave New World
Preventing a Brave New World
Derek Brown
Grantham University
Abstract
This paper wills discuss Leon Kass’s conclusion that reproductive and therapeutic cloning of human embryos is unethical. It will also converse the steps in Kass 's argument for his conclusion and will talk about the strengths and weaknesses of this argument?
Preventing a Brave New World You ever see the mover Jurassic Park? Did you take notice the basis of the of is about cloning dinosaurs DNA; I know for one, the world is not ready for dinosaurs to walk free about the earth again. This also brings to mind a movie titled "The Boys from Brazil". This movie too depicts cloning, where the DNA of Hitler is used to clone babies with intent of one them again reigning over Germany; the world wouldn 't be ready for another holocaust. To continue heading down in which cloning is the standard, then these types of cloning are a definite likelihood. Would you be ready for a "brave new world?" Or would you try to "prevent a brave new world?" You decided! Would it be so bad to have a world were all is good, no disease, famine, or illness; everyone is the epitome of their father and mother eyes and all those living in a world where cloning the norm. There are those in the here and now who see cloning, in all it facets, as a good and wonderful thing, to be done by all, if your hearts so desires. "Some among us are delighted, of course by the this state of affairs: some scientist and biotechnologist, their entrepreneurial backers, and a cheering claque of sci-fi enthusiast, futurologists, and libertarians (Winston & Edelbach, 2009)." For a number of people, the brave new world of biotechnology promises a ideal culture where one can be free from diseases because exploitation of the genetic code. Kass argues, this idea of the future entails dehumanization, because the most important beliefs of cloning and stem cell research leads to changing the human nature so considerably, mankind would
Derek Brown
Grantham University
Abstract
This paper wills discuss Leon Kass’s conclusion that reproductive and therapeutic cloning of human embryos is unethical. It will also converse the steps in Kass 's argument for his conclusion and will talk about the strengths and weaknesses of this argument?
Preventing a Brave New World You ever see the mover Jurassic Park? Did you take notice the basis of the of is about cloning dinosaurs DNA; I know for one, the world is not ready for dinosaurs to walk free about the earth again. This also brings to mind a movie titled "The Boys from Brazil". This movie too depicts cloning, where the DNA of Hitler is used to clone babies with intent of one them again reigning over Germany; the world wouldn 't be ready for another holocaust. To continue heading down in which cloning is the standard, then these types of cloning are a definite likelihood. Would you be ready for a "brave new world?" Or would you try to "prevent a brave new world?" You decided! Would it be so bad to have a world were all is good, no disease, famine, or illness; everyone is the epitome of their father and mother eyes and all those living in a world where cloning the norm. There are those in the here and now who see cloning, in all it facets, as a good and wonderful thing, to be done by all, if your hearts so desires. "Some among us are delighted, of course by the this state of affairs: some scientist and biotechnologist, their entrepreneurial backers, and a cheering claque of sci-fi enthusiast, futurologists, and libertarians (Winston & Edelbach, 2009)." For a number of people, the brave new world of biotechnology promises a ideal culture where one can be free from diseases because exploitation of the genetic code. Kass argues, this idea of the future entails dehumanization, because the most important beliefs of cloning and stem cell research leads to changing the human nature so considerably, mankind would
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