More From Will Saletan
In the third of his five part series on the cloning and embryonic stem cell controversies in Slate, Will Saletan describes how scientific definitions and moral boundaries are steadily being, shall we say, stretched, to justify permitting biotech researchers to undertake certain areas of research that might otherwise provoke societal resistence based on moral grounds. As I have repeatedly written, changing definitions in science for political purposes is to corrupt science.
Saletan predicts that current "boundaries," will also be shifted as the research advances. Bingo! He will provide more details in his next article.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 12:05 PM
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He promised this 3rd part of the series would focus on "ethics"
He claims the 4 "ethical" principles for 14 days are based on a 5th - utility, and at least the way he describes them I would have to agree. Implantation or implantability would be the exception, I think.
But all seem to be subject to such broadness of concept and advocates of relative morality stay with these wiggle room definitions even when advances in science would shrink their validity. I think this would be true, independent from religious thought, in Roe v Wade where the trimester differentiation was based on development and viability.
As of yet, Saletan appears to be strictly utilitarian in his approach and does not show an overall transhumanist agenda.
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