Gary That was an excellent review of Dr. Krauthammer piece, it seems like
what he doesn't see are the millions of people who having their dignity
taken from them by these diseases.
At 04:02 PM 4/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>I have sent the following letter to the editors of The New Republic:
>
>Dr. Krauthammer's objection to the legality of research cloning
>essentially rests on two conclusory remarks stated in his fourth
>objection: "The creation of a child is the destiny of an embryo." and
>"Research cloning is the ultimate in conferring thingness up on [sic]
>the human embryo." ("Crossing Lines", April 29, 2002)
>
>An embryo created for research purposes, one formed in the lab by
>methods never occurring in nature, has the destiny determined by the
>researcher creating it. To say otherwise is to assume the conclusion
>without examining the real issues. One can observe the sanctity of the
>cloned embryo, differentiating it from a "thing", while at the same time
>caring about the millions of already born people suffering from the
>agonizing ravages of degenerative neurological diseases. These diseases
>themselves rob their victims of a measure of their own sanctity and
>attempt to "thingize" productive members of society.
>
>With no evidentiary support, Dr. Krauthammer asserts that "... cloning
>... will inevitably enable further assaults on human dignity." This is
>a consequence of research cloning only if we choose it to be and is by
>no means inevitable. However, failing to attack the progressive
>degenerative diseases where research cloning holds so much promise will
>definitely allow these diseases to continue their own assault on human
>dignity.
>
>Gary L Peskin
>
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