To: Free ThinkerNY
Pretty cool in a, this-is-probably-a-bad-idea sort of way.
Assuming they could be born, the big ethical issue is: are they human enough to have human rights?
11 posted on
02/12/2009 12:39:43 PM PST by
MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
To: MeanWestTexan
I think the big issue is a theological one: if a Neanderthal is created, does it have an immortal soul?
20 posted on
02/12/2009 12:43:42 PM PST by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: MeanWestTexan
...Me thinks they would have animal rights, which means more rights than humans...
25 posted on
02/12/2009 12:53:42 PM PST by
gargoyle
(...Don't bring shotguns to UFO sightings, let the aliens land, they might be here to pick me up...)
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