Posted by Nickengland on May 29, 2005, at 4:51:23
In reply to Re: Whats wrong with stem cell research » Camille Dumont, posted by alexandra_k on May 28, 2005, at 21:09:48
I dont see a problem with stem cell research for servere life threatening illness(s)
However there are some iussues with stem cell research that cause alot of controversial agruements and quite rightly so.
These arguements are about the issues of so called "designer babies"...being able to choose your childs eye colour, hair colour, their intelligence levels etc.. This is where the research drifts from the point of helping people to have healthy babies which are free of serious illness, to then taking the reseach to the level of a "fashion" baby.
This is where people would begin to play god in my opinion. How far do you go with this reseach and the benefits it can bring to society?
The worst thing that could happen is repeat of history in a sense of the Nazis...improving a race of people and exterminating the inperfect??...hmm
Only time will tell what happens in the future, the benefits of eradicating serious illness though is definately a good idea, I don't see how anyone could disagree that, just depends how far they push the reseach.
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