That Vision Thing: Do We Need It? Michael E. Raynor T H E CEO OF IBM‚ LOUIS V. Gerstner‚ Jr.‚ was widely quoted in the press when‚ faced with the challenge of turning around the beleaguered computer maker‚ he said‚ ’the last thing IBM needs right now is a vision ’. 1 For a good many critics‚ Gerstner ’s comment was greeted with a heartfelt ’it ’s about t i m e ’ - - t h a t is‚ it is about time that a senior executive had the courage to speak up and put all that rhetoric about visions and
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Cloning and Stem Cell Research S/P: To inform my audience about cloning and cell stem research. C/I: The benefits and ethical issues of cloning and cell stem research. Introduction Specific purpose: Today I’m going to inform you about “Cloning Technology and Stem Cell Research”. Attention getter: Imagine yourself dying from heart disease or liver failure‚ and the only way to live was to have an exact clone of your heart
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Cloning: Potential Benefits vs. Potential Abuses Dolly the sheep was the first cloned animal and what interested the world of cloning. There was a sudden curiosity that rose in society about how cloning benefits the common man. If they could do it to a sheep‚ why not anything else? When the media is talking about cloning‚ it is usually talking about reproductive cloning. There are different types of cloning however‚ and cloning technologies can be used for other purposes besides producing the genetic
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Can Cloning Lead to a Modern Frankenstein? In the story‚ after creating the monster‚ Victor creates an ethical dilemma. This brings about the question‚ could this happen in real life? With cloning‚ it can. Examples in Frankenstein can compare to cloning and prove that a modern Frankenstein can exist. One quote is: ““When I found so astonishing a power placed within my hands‚ I hesitated a long time concerning the manner in which I should employ it” (Shelley 51). Frankenstein contemplated the
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JESSA M. CASTILLO TTH 9:00 – 10:30 AM PHIS004 – N4 Human Cloning I can remember when I was still a 7-year-old-girl. I imagined of having a twin sister with identical features I have. I’d been thinking it would be fun because I would have someone I can could play with aside from my siblings and saw myself on my twin as my alter ego. Then I realized that it won’t be possible. Nowadays‚ with our modern technologies‚ the impossible turn possible; a pen with video camera‚ a rechargeable car
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and traumatized its whole life through the process of animal cloning. Animal cloning is one of the most controversial issues addressed in today’s society. There have been extensive studies and research done on animal cloning and its effects. The more research conducted‚ the more curiosity‚ causing competition between scientists to achieve the ultimate result of perfecting the animal cloning science. The beneficial effects of animal cloning are scarce‚ while the extensive damages done to all animals
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Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger The Tasmanian Tiger is a carnivorous marsupial that had the appearance of a dog and the stripes of a tiger. One has not been seen in about sixty years‚ because they are extinct. However‚ it was not by evolution or even natural causes; humans were the cause of its demise. When Australia and Tasmania were first becoming populated‚ the people did not know what the Tasmanian Tiger was‚ and people have a long history of getting rid of what they don’t understand. But
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Samuel Katz 3/28/12 Human Cloning and the Future In his work from 2002 “Religion and Human Cloning: An Exploratory Analysis of the First Available Opinion Data”‚ John Evans proudly states a few possible benefits‚ or advantages‚ of human ‘therapeutic’ cloning. While talking about embryonic stem cells‚ he states “these cells can eventually be used to treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s‚ and kidney failure‚ to name but a few…”(748). These possibilities have mostly
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The Debate on Human Cloning In the past decade‚ there has been no slackening of the pace of scientific research and discovery. On a daily basis‚ scholarly publications and mass media divulge new and profound discoveries that seem to open doors that no one knew existed. Through their research‚ scientists have relentlessly attempted‚ time and time again‚ to penetrate into the very core of the universe and to unveil the essence of what constitute human beings. Few breakthroughs in research epitomize
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Descartes reminisces on what he knows is certain. He opens this review by first being doubtful of all bodies‚ but absolutely certain of his existence since he needs existence to think and doubt. Therefore‚ if he is anything‚ it is that he is a “thinking thing” with all these capabilities to help him make sense of the world. Descartes thus is certain that he is a “thinking thing” with the ability to will‚ understand and imagine in addition to doubt. He states that this is a clear and distinct perception
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