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Humans have within their grasp the ability and technology to create life. Many believe that this knowledge will lead to further degradation of the human spirit. But others, like Prometheus and his gift of fire, believe that new technology is the key to a new, and better, reality. Genetic engineering and, specifically, cloning, of human life has become an issue of extreme gravity in the age of technology where anything may be dreamed and many …

…with is the moral dilemma that incapacitated Frankenstein: To what degree do we, as a society, trust in the moral consequences of past imaginings when considering the present realities?  Works Cited Easterbrook, Gregg. "Will Homo Sapiens Become Obsolete?: Medical Evolution." The New Republic, (1999): March, p20(1). Kass, Leon R. "Why We Should Ban The Cloning Of Humans." The New Republic, (1997): June, pp. PG. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. Hindle, Maurice, Ed., (London, ENG: Penguin, 1992).