Bridgette asks the question of: Would you ever try to get your pet cloned?
My answer is no. As much as I love my cat now, and my two cats and one dog who have passed away, I would not want to see them cloned because there is only one of them. Cloning a pet does not mean they will be the same. I don't know much about clones myself, but everyone thinks the original and the clone will be the same. I think it is possible for the clones to have a completely different personality. Also, cloning is an expensive process, from what I have heard. To me, it is not worth spending a crap ton of money for a copy. Copies do not live up to originals, in my mind.
This is supposed to be my last blog post, but I will still pose a question in case anyone would like to answer, or at least would like something to think about. What do you feel the pros and cons of cloning are?
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
An Extension of Ethical Examples in Modern Media
Last week I talked about Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I will be doing the same for this post, because of chimeras. They were mentioned in the biotechnology chapter, which we talked about recently, so I thought it would be appropriate.
Sunday morning, I saw the fourth espisode of Brotherhood at 1:30 AM. In this episode, the Elric Brothers travel to the house of an alchemist who was able to give chimeras the ability to speak as a human would. Chimeras had existed before, but they had never before been able to speak like a human. The story the Elric brothers are told is that this first speaking chimera told the alchemist that it wanted to die, so its wish was granted. This was how the alchemist became a State Alchemist, but he was in danger of losing this license. To pass the re-examination, he fused his daughter and their dog together into a chimera, after the brothers had visited and gotten to know them. (I should also mention that the mother was gone. I think she passed away.) In the end, the new chimera had to be killed, much to the heartbreak of the brothers and many fans of the show. (Note: These same events also took place in the original Fullmetal Alchemist, but I have not seen that episode myself.)
So now my question is this: Does this apply to chimeras made through biotechnology at all? What are your reactions to this based on what we have read about?
Sunday morning, I saw the fourth espisode of Brotherhood at 1:30 AM. In this episode, the Elric Brothers travel to the house of an alchemist who was able to give chimeras the ability to speak as a human would. Chimeras had existed before, but they had never before been able to speak like a human. The story the Elric brothers are told is that this first speaking chimera told the alchemist that it wanted to die, so its wish was granted. This was how the alchemist became a State Alchemist, but he was in danger of losing this license. To pass the re-examination, he fused his daughter and their dog together into a chimera, after the brothers had visited and gotten to know them. (I should also mention that the mother was gone. I think she passed away.) In the end, the new chimera had to be killed, much to the heartbreak of the brothers and many fans of the show. (Note: These same events also took place in the original Fullmetal Alchemist, but I have not seen that episode myself.)
So now my question is this: Does this apply to chimeras made through biotechnology at all? What are your reactions to this based on what we have read about?
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