Stephen T Asma Ethics And The New Genetics Summary

Is our world changing or are we just learning how to do things different What is Human Nature? According to Google, “Human Nature is the general psychological characteristics, feelings, and behavioral traits of humankind, regarded as shared by all humans.” Are we really changing as a human beings, or are we still the same? No matter how changed the world is, we as a human beings haven’t and cannot change. In the article, “Ethics and the New Genetics”, Dalai Lama argued that “All human being have an equal value and an equal potential for goodness… because there is so much more to human beings than their color, language, religion and tribe.”(page195) In the article, “The Myth of Universal Love” Stephen T. Asma, argues against Peter Singer,
We value our culture so much than anything else. Our culture made us who we are today. Where I come from we respect our culture more than anything else. Our culture is what make us different from other people. That can’t change no matter how advanced the world gets. In the article, “Ethics and the new Genetics”, the Dalai Lama, state that, “We must rise to the ethical challenge as members of one human family, not as a Buddhist, a Jew, a Christan, a Hindu, a Muslim.” (Page 197) In other words, the Dalai Lama believes we can all come together and unite as one. And I ask myself is that even possible? We can’t be united as one because we are all different. In my culture we are not allowed to marry into another culture. For example, in the 2014, my sister met her now ex-boyfriend during her stay in Nigeria and fell in love with him, and they become inseparable as time goes by. After a year or two in their relationship my sister boyfriend asked for her hand in marriage and she said yes! She was so happy and thanked God that she about to marry the man of her dream. She knew about the custom and traditions of the land she went ahead with her plan to marry her boyfriend, thinking she could change the culture. On the day of her introduction ceremony my dad and his people came to meet with my sister boyfriend and his people as tradition demanded. As soon as my father and his people noticed where my sister boyfriend and his kinsmen were from. My father said no to their marriage. She cried and pleaded with everyone that day and they all said No! My dad told her the custom of our forefathers can't be changed no matter what, it has been there before she was born. As time goes by they end up going their separate