All humans, even those in the embryonic stage, are created by God and deserve our protection and respect. Also, it is not even verified that these cells can live up to the expectations of scientists, and in addition to committing murder for what is based on pure speculation, there are health risks involved in transplanting stem cells, since the cells have the possibility of passing viruses and even turning cancerous. Furthermore, scientists are cloning embryos in order to overcome tissue rejection during cell transplants and this will inevitably lead to human cloning (Stem Cells). Therefore, embryonic stem cell research should not be legalized and continued since it is morally wrong, dangerous, and may even lead to
If not for the birthmark on Georgiana’s face, she would have been perfect in Aylmer’s obsessed eyes, dare say perhaps, immortal. He leaves behind all he knows of a life dedicated to science and its workings, to marry Georgiana. That’s a big deal, so it makes the reader wonder why Aylmer is so distraught over this minute detail. Despite Georgiana’s many attributes, Aylmer, a man of science, obsesses himself with removing the flaw from his wife’s face. During his research and experimentation on his willing wife, Aylmer begins to think that the facial blemish held deep roots into his wife’s spiritual core.
Genetic diversity will also be greatly reduced, leaving the human race susceptible to certain diseases. The scientists with all their knowledge and skills, do not know what future consequences are in store for the designer babies. In my opinion, the ramifications could be great for such a trivial purpose. Perhaps society would be better served if scientist focused more on the enormous importance of environmental influences on our health in the future. While the public may not know much about designer babies it is hugely debated within the scientific community.
He hated the fact that people thought that scientists “look for the better cigarette filter or a softer face tissue”, he believed that a scientist are paid to increase and enhance the level of knowledge and truth there is in the world. He believes if you increase the world of truth and knowledge the world becomes “richer”. Despite Dr. Breed’s enthusiastic new way to research, people unfortunately still disagreed with the way he thought.
This in hind sight was a radical procedure that was combined with an individual who was driven by a hunger to become famous and desire for notoriety to create a monster comparable to the likes of Josef Mengele and Carl Clauberg. Dr. Freeman was an egocentric doctor that had great intentions but turned terribly wrong once he became famous for this controversial procedure that had no proven long-term positive effect on individuals. He was a show man who wanted fame and notoriety rather than the well being of his patients. The Doctors intentions were at first genuine, his research in which he had dedicated most time to had yielded no results indicating what made a mentally ill persons brain different from a person who would be considered normal (Goodman, 2008). This is where the tide turned and the man with intentions of curing mentally ill people by removing them from overcrowded mental institutions whose conditions resembled a concentration camp, shifted to a person with a medical type manifest and a craving for fame (Goodman, 2008).
Soumitra Sarkar ENGL 220 Section 62 Instructor: Mikael Awake Frankenstein Research Proposal 04/22/2015 Frankenstein Research Proposal - Human Nature Branching off of the third topic of the research prompt, I’m making a proposal to work on how Shelly has portrayed human nature in Frankenstein. In the novel, Dr. Frankenstein makes a monster from the best body parts and yet others reject that monster along with it’s own creator. The status quo is that humans are naturally accepting and good people. However, in every single instance, the monster in the novel is rejected. Initially the monster seeks to somehow befriend others.
Dr. von Koenigswald is a “bad scientist,” who represents the hybrid between science and religion. The value of religion enhances lives more effective than science does. In order to represent Vonnegut’s view on science, Felix Hoenikker characterizes all the corruption science causes worldwide. Felix is the father of three unstable children, the atomic bomb, and ice-nine. His inventions, along with his children, lead to the destruction of the human race.
Cloning seems like such an amazing thing to discover; the power over DNA manipulation might have baffled us and gotten us excited, but it is not something that is ethical. If the ability to modify the DNA of human beings is allowed to be practiced, there will be no end to what unnatural thing we will do. The technological advances that have been made in health have benefited us immensely but neither therapeutic nor reproductive cloning are wise uses of our new found knowledge. There is no doubt that with this technology, we will soon want to design our unborn children. When this becomes possible, it will not only change the process of child conception into a manufacturing process but also segregate the designer children and the naturally conceived children into two separate social classes that will eventually segregate the
The death of Algernon took a huge toll on Charlie’s understanding of what could and might happen to him. When he realizes that the surgical procedure is flawed, he throws himself into his own personal research to discover the flaw due to two reasons. First, his intelligence has gotten to its peak, making him much smarter than Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur; he understands their own research to a greater depth than they understand themselves. The doctors feel Charlie has overworked himself immensely with the research, yet he cannot wait for them to figure out what will happen to him. “I know I should rest, but I’m driven on by something inside that won’t let me stop.
Frankenstein/Enlightenment In the book Frankenstein the author Mary Shelly names and points out some of the problems of the Enlightenment. This was a time where science and religion were being shaped and exposed to what they could accomplish and fail. One of the Enlightenment scientists who wanted to discover some of the secrets of life was talked about by Shelly and how through his time of research it did nothing but come back to hurt him an make him look bad. Shelly’s writings break down events from the Enlightenment in which they occurred but in a way where certain things were being found that a man shouldn’t have known. Playing God would be the main mistake that had been made.