Cloning: Has Science Created A Frankenstein?
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Cloning: Has Science Created A Frankenstein?
In Shelley's " Frankenstein" the scientist Victor Frankenstein is out to create life by putting human parts along with electricity. His quest is to be able to create life in a way which has never been done or thought of before. Victor Frankenstein may have been motivated by the death of his family, hoping to find a reverse to death in an attempt to cheat death. He may have also been motivated by the power of creating life. Regardless of his motivation his desire to create life became so overwhelming that he eventually had no interest in anything but his work.
This desire for scientific advancement which Shelley writes about must be similar to what motivates scientists even today. In the last century scientist have been attempting to find ways to create life by artificial means. Scientists have made in-vitro fertilization possible, allowing thousands of infertile couples to have biological children. When in-vitro fertilization was introduced it was seen as completely unnatural and going against all religions. I am sure there are still people who view in-virto fertilization as wrong, but the vast majority of the world can see it for its benefits at this point. Although it must be said that it did take a while for people on a whole to accept this method of conceiving a child.
Today, we as a society world wide have a new issue to deal with. Science has discovered the means in which to clone animals, opening a whole new discussion. Many people are inclined to say why would science even wish to peruse this method of research. Lewis Thomas says in his essay "The Hazards of Science"
It would seem to me a more unnatural thing and more of an
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... effect all humanity, and therefore, need to not think on an individual level. J. Michael Bishop states that "The price of science seems large but to reject science is to deny future."(261).
We can not undo what has been discovered and we must ensure that all countries involved with cloning form a committee to monitor the uses of this technology to ensure that it is used in the best interest of mankind.
Works Cited
Bishop, Michael J. "Enemies of Promise" The Presence of Others. C Comp. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruskiewicz. New York: St. Martins, 1997 255-263.
Shelley, Mary "Frankenstein". The Presence of Others. Comp Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruskiewicz. New York: St. Martins, 1997 230-235.
Thomas, Lewis "The Hazards of Science" The Presence of Others. Comp. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruskiewicz. New York: St. Martins, 1997 236-242.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shelley's "frankenstein" is about victor frankenstein creating life by putting human parts along with electricity. he may have been motivated by the death of his family.
- Opines that the desire for scientific advancement which shelley writes about must be similar to what motivates scientists even today.
- Explains that science has discovered the means in which to clone animals, opening a whole new discussion. many people are inclined to question why would science even wish to peruse this method of research.
- Opines that scientists are always looking for future advancements on what is known in a quest to create or discover cures and solutions to existing problems in society.
- Opines that it is not possible for us to undo what has been discovered, therefore, we must decide what to do with this information.
- Opines that cloning could save millions of lives if science could advance it. burn victims would be able to survive and have a normal appearance.
- Explains that the cloning of human organs would make organ transplants obsolete and eliminate the fear of organ rejection.
- Describes the benefits of cloning nerve roots for quadriplegics. they say that a doctor could remove nerve root cells from the neck and return them to the spinal cord.
- Opines that cloning of eyes would allow people who have lost their vision to regain their sight. animals on the verge of extinction could be protected until they could correct the problem leading to their loss, and repopulate the species.
- Argues that the problem is with the idea of extreme cloning of humans and animals.
- Argues that if the technology for cloning humans is perfected and uncontrolled, only the wealthy would get the organs necessary to survive.
- Explains the possibility of cloning, such as albert einstein, charles manson, and the dinosaurs in jurassic park.
- Opines that there must be controls on cloning to avoid these and many more potential catastrophic problems.
- Concludes that the importance of the issue of cloning is overwhelming and could have unbelievable consequences which we do not fully understand right now.
- Recommends that all countries involved with cloning form a committee to monitor the uses of this technology to ensure that it is used in the best interest of mankind.
- Describes the works of bishop, michael j., shelley, mary, and thomas, lewis.
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- Analyzes how the ethical controversy of cloning conflicts with modern artificial intelligence research.
- Analyzes how successful attempts of imitating artificial intelligence, or "pre-sentient computers," present possibilities for helpful solutions to common challenges.
- Explains that the question of psychological influence from artificial intelligence raises a debate between machine and mankind. the holy bible supports positive attributes for the potential of intelligent humanoids.
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