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"an experiment on human beings [is] not morally or ethically defensible" is not an opinion but an assertion of how genetic editing fits into our current moral a
by DennisAleynikov 8y ago
"an experiment on human beings [is] not morally or ethically defensible" is not an opinion but an assertion of how genetic editing fits into our current moral and ethical frameworks.
- elcomet 8y agoBut it is an opinion. Being an assertion doesn't prevent it from being an opinion. You and I could very well find arguments for defending it, even while fitting the current morale.
- carbocation 8y agoThe semantic argument about how I phrased my agreement is more worthy of discussion than the ethical argument about the alleged human experimentation?
- paganel 8y agoI think some people are trying to rationalize this way too much, that's why they end up going after semantics and such.
- logicchains 8y ago>our current moral and ethical frameworks. Clearly those moral and ethical frameworks are not shared by at least one Chinese scientist.
- carbocation 8y agoAnd we can find people who disagree with the broad consensus on climate change, too. Is there a broader point you are getting at?
- jpgvm 8y agoFacts are not opinion. Morals and ethics however definitely are. You can show with empirical evidence that climate change is true. However no matter how hard you try you can't show with evidence that your moral framework or ethics are somehow the "one true moral/ethical truth".
- aaronharnly 8y ago> Facts are not opinion. Morals and ethics however definitely are. Is that a fact, or an opinion? :-)
- carbocation 8y agoKiran is 100% correct in describing the scientific ethical consensus. These things are far more closely related than you believe.
- d0100 8y agoConsidering the Chinese morality begins with sucking the emperor's balls... It's not surprising if we see the Chinese doing whatever, like they do.
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- yesenadam 8y agoWho is the "us" in "our"? (Straight question, that really isn't obvious to me at all.)