[Gondring]

We strongly believe in the sanctity of the human "person" or "individual," but -- in a slightly different sense --- we do also care about the integrity of the human species per se.

There's a much deeper discussion we could have...about questions like, "What does it mean to be 'human'?" and also questions about natural law. And "is it bad to save a life through genetic engineering, if it requires allowing patents to give incentive to development of life-saving technologies?" etc.

Unfortunately, the FR censorship-squad would probably come out of the woodwork if we tried anything beyond knee-jerking and sloganeering. :-(

These issues are far from simple.

[Mrs. Don-o]

The Pontifical Academy for Life is making a yeoman's effort to stay on top of scientific advances and interpret the philosophical-ethical meaning of human-rights and human-identity related questions. Especially in the light of the new biotechnologies, genetic engineering, transhumanism and AI. I do recommend this link if you want to browse a little.

You're quite right: some of these issues are subtle and way complicated.