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GENETIC ENGINEERING

Date Submitted: 08/20/2004 04:36:27
Length: 6 pages (1733 words)
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GENETIC ENGINEERING Ethical and Spiritual Issues in Genetic Engineering" The choices I will be talking about have to do with biotechnology and genetic engineering, choices which we are currently not making consciously because we really don't know what is going on. I would like to tell you what is going on in these areas, and then talk about how we might approach this matter in ethical ways. First, allow me to give you some examples …

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…of the relationship between the physical and the spiritual. The condition of our bodies and nervous system affects our minds and spirits, and vice-versa. This is why karma-based ethics insists on purity of both minds and spirits, and vice-versa. This leaves open the possibility, therefore, that genetic engineering might adversely influence the potential of sentient beings to achieve transcendence. And there is no scientific experiment we can perform to find out one way or another.

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