Re: MD The Quality of Genetic Engineering.

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 21:39:05 GMT

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    Hi Johnny

    P:
    > >Human freedom is an intellectual level pattern designed to block the
    > >bloody power of the social "Giant." Any power granted to or grabbed by the
    > >social pattern of government threatens individual freedom.
     
    J:
    > Good, that's the way I see it too. Now, it is a question of how control of
    > genetic engineering is percieved - some people will no doubt feel people
    > ought to be free to genetically engineer children, or clone themselves,
    > while other people will feel that this puts limits human freedom because
    > the cloning is done by (and for) the "giant", even if it is not directly
    > done by the government but is only allowed or regulated by the government.
    >
    > So where do we go from here? I'm afraid the MoQ will put a Technological
    > Giant that purports to serve human freedom ahead of a human freedom that is
    > more connected to nature and biology and life.

    The whole question of human cloning is a bit of a sticky wicket as our
    English friends who are fond of understatement might say. Obviously
    the Giant will try to control it, but the result will be like trying to control
    abortion.

    I can hear the objections to government control now. "We have the
    inalienable right to use our bodies as we wish. To impose regulations is
    a violation of the right to privacy and reproductive freedom."

    So following the MOQ principle of freedom and my own libertarian
    tendencies, I'd have to go with a hands off policy on cloning.

    On the other hand, the prospect of baby factories turning out various
    "breeds" of humans gives me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.
    But--and here's my problem--I can find nothing in the MOQ to condemn
    such factories as low quality, especially if they are promoted as
    "contributing to the evolution of life.".

    I'm sure I must have a blind spot about this and would appreciate you or
    anyone showing me the light.

    Platt

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