Medical Miracle or Mistake?
Medical Miracle or Mistake? by Lady Camelot
Fundamental elements of life and the aspects of cloning bring
dramatic advancement to the scientific and medical community;
however, is this fast-paced artificial reproduction an intrusion
of Nature or a doorway to infinite, medical cures?
In lieu of scientific developments in the biological mainstream,
the human intervention of life and it's natural state are of
utmost concern. Questions are being raised as to what
constitutes life produced naturally into this world as opposed
to man-made biocreationism. Current events depict a dangerously
evolving senerio that will eventually lead to life altering,
moral dilemmas.
The query here is whether we, as human beings, can justify the
birth of alternative life. Physicians of all fields excitedly
anticipate what expectedly will stimulate medical achievements
on a phenomenal scope.
If you can, imagine the limitless possibilities. Heart
transplant waiting lists would be a thing of the past. Accident
victims could eventually have limb replacements by way of
simple, DNA extraction. The ideology that manipulated organs can
be created on demand, will definitely expand human lifespans.
This, in turn, will bare increasing weight on this already
over-populated world.
What becomes the deciding factor of who lives or dies will have
serious reprecussions. "Logan's Run," a 70's television series
comes to mind when faced with this imminent technology. In this
program, the Earth is overpopulated and depleted of natural
resources. This fictional dramatization depicts life without
illness; however, when one reaches the age of 30, he or she is
incinerated to create more space for those remaining. Although
"Logan's Run" was only a novelty, it was indeed a sign of things
to come.
Another issue is loss of life. When the time arrives, (and it
will) that we have unbiasly accepted the fate of actual human
cloning, individuality and the constitution of what is a "real"
human will enter into the field of morality. If a loved one
passes on, will we simply replace him or her with a biocreated
human counterpart or twin? And if so, who is to say that the
individual characteristics of this artificially-created person
will be exactly duplicated, personality-wise? Then there's the
standpoint of human rights. Will these mimic humans have
equality as do naturally-born ones?
Ethical factors have not been conscienciously studied by the
scientific community. Bio-intervention is expidiciously
volumizing the evolution of mankind. At which interval do we
acknowledge life as mere science? Or do we accept our individual
fates as human beings, appreciating our growth in spirituality?
The question is - what is to become of the soul of our life when
we realize that death is nonexistent? Something to ponder.
(c) LadyCamelot