Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Philosophy Wire: Children from 3 parents. A road. A bench. A ball…


Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-03-04]: Despite warnings that a new ethical threshold was being crossed, British lawmakers on Tuesday voted to allow the in vitro creation of babies using the DNA of three people, a procedure that could prevent the inheritance of genetic diseases. [1] Is it something good? Is it something bad? How could it be good? How could it be bad? Aren’t we all children of everyone? The woman passing by the road. The man sitting on the bench. The kid playing with a ball next to you. They are all your parents. And your children. In a universe with no time. Where everything just is…

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