(June 22, 2011 at 6:46 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Well, if you want to paint my thoughts red, the question is one of consumption versus enslavement. If this science is determined ethically right, then perhaps it will be OK next to create zombies? Many animals consume other animals for sustenance: Few play with their prey like this. It seems we mock the notion of gods but have no problem substituting ourselves for what we revile. Perhaps there is no self-determination in a rat, or a beetle, but I question the morality of taking away any chance it has for autonomy while leaving it alive to do the bidding of an outside entity.
So now all you're concerned with is what some ethics committee somewhere decides what is ethical?
Creating Zombies is creating life though, I thought 'life is good'?
What the hell does this have to do with self-worship?
What scenario are you envisioning where people are 'playing' with animals?
What do you mean by 'self-determination'?
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