What are the moral implications for turning reproduction into replication?
mom of 2
2008-09-10 10:37:27 UTC
I am reading "Consumers Guide to a Brave New World," and my instructor has asked me to Discuss the moral implications for turning reproduction into replication. HELP!!
Six answers:
rangedog
2008-09-10 10:49:59 UTC
Kinda reminds me of Hitler's experiments to make the perfect German.
Sounds like you need to not just throw that book away, but maybe burn it in front of your demoralized teacher.
kompaku
2008-09-10 10:53:27 UTC
it depends, many people and society would or could benefit with a system of replication. but we live in a society of belief that life is precious and it should stay that way, meaning that individuals be exactly that individuals on some sense. then again you take the believe that is not wrong to replicate humans, then we could enter a new stage of new morals. you can't really give up morals, but rather change or transform morals in which all would feel that their freedom is not taken away or their choice. in a way moral is shape not only by the majority but by the strongest belief. if you have a much stronger believe than others then compromise could never reach or that could cause very dangerous repricautions. you don't lose morals you only change them, either good or bad, morals are just there to make humans decide.
Succinct
2008-09-10 10:47:45 UTC
The uniqueness of reproduction lies in the variance of offspring... that the spawn is different from the parents and unique in its own right. This perpetuates adaptation to the changing environments... and the strong prosper.
Replication insinuates a congruence, the recreation of one and the same; the establishment of a sort of monotony whose repercurssions could be far reaching, morally posing the existential quandary, are we supposed to play God? Think about the frailty that stems from one and the same... Variety ceases to exist!
Agent Smith
2008-09-10 10:47:03 UTC
From a Christian moral aspect, each person is unique.
From a science aspect, you are creating monsters.
So common sense, which seems to be lacking, says just because we can do it does not mean we should do it ethically or morally.
Hope that helps.
Amoral scientists and philosophers need all their public funding cut.
Also, 27 years of stem cell research has resulted in no practical benefits.
All the best!
2008-09-10 10:45:05 UTC
I would say that lack of parental affection would cause depression and other psychological consequences that would in turn cause more delinquency, drug addiction and violence.
2008-09-10 10:42:17 UTC
well since out inception on this planet from our lord, i believe god gets jealous when he sees wat we are learnin to do that he doesnt want to see us do. this is why religion triumphs over science.
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