Posted on 06/08/2016 5:51:47 AM PDT by Heartlander
Julian Savulescu, professor of philosophy at Oxford University and editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, provocatively argued in a popular 2012 Reader’s Digest article that “It’s Our Duty to Have Designer Babies.” Savulescu is a leading figure in the transhumanist movement, which seeks to transform humanity by seizing the reins of human evolution. Interestingly, however, Savulescu is not a strong proponent of cognitive genetic enhancement, which many transhumanists—and parents wanting a designer baby—favor.
Indeed, Savulescu thinks cognitive enhancement might make us humans even more dangerous to each other, given our technological prowess at building weapons of mass destruction and our propensity to pollute our environment. He regularly invokes the fear of humans destroying themselves; one talk he gave was entitled “Unfit for Life: Genetically Enhance Humanity or Face Extinction.” The solution that Savulescu proposes to keep us humans from killing each other off is what he calls moral enhancement, which comes in two forms: genetic engineering and hormone therapy, both designed to make us more cooperative and altruistic.
Savulescu’s goal in advocating designer babies is to transform human nature, to rid us of our selfish tendencies, and to help us to love one another. Who could argue with such a noble goal?
(Excerpt) Read more at thepublicdiscourse.com ...
"Stay in your lane, Savulescu!"
Oh, wait
Darn! They just didn't have the right people in charge again!
GOOD ARTICLE.
Being Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind
The Bible tells us that one of the highest, ultimate goals that God has in store for each one of us is our transformation in Him – and this transformation is accomplished by the renewing of your mind.
The Bible tells us that God wants to sanctify us and transform us into the express image of His Son Jesus Christ.
He wants to make us into a better and more holy people, both on the inside and the outside.
Here is the specific verse from Scripture that will tell us that this kind of transformation is actually done by the renewing of our minds in the Lord:
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:2)
I believe this transformation process has 3 major steps to it. They are as follows:
http://www.bible-knowledge.com/renewing-of-your-mind/
I poked on the thread thinking it might be a discussion on Aristotelian ethics.
Scary stuff. The only valid moral values come from God; anything else leads to destruction.
the infowarrior
As an individual, yes. As a small community yes. As society at large, i fear not. As genetic manipulations hell no.
Simple solution...and I don't have a doctorate in some kind of humanist psychobabble.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
The “ethics” of the evolutionary moralist as described are those of a solypsist cult. All leftist ideologies are solypsist cults. They are closed systems committed to the absolute authority of a god like leader. They do not acknowledge the legitimacy of any reason but their own. They maintain an aura of absolute authority within the constraints of their closed system. This is the primary modality of all leftist politics. They are absolutely closed to any reason except their own.
Need proof? Ask a leftist to consider the possibility that global warming is a fraud. Or, even clearer, ask a liberal to consider an unborn child worthy of protection from intentional death. They will categorically refuse to recognize any legitimacy to those positions.
The blind trying to improve his vision by closing his eyes.
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