Reading: On Cloning a Human Being The style Lewis Thomas uses is very unique. He writes in a very conversational tone‚ making it easier for readers to read and relate. He also adds in rhetorical questions as well as short simple sentences in his writing structure‚ and the entire passage seems to flow eloquently. Lewis Thomas has a distinct voice that is unique only to himself. The main topic can be a topic of controversy; before and after reading the passage‚ my stance on human cloning stays the
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Human beings have massively evolved and shifted from a ferocious ape to a superspecies that some believe to be even more savage then its pre-mature primate stage. This evolutionary state has caused the bond homo sapiens share with nature to be disintegrated along with all feels of compassion for contrasting species. Author of “The Sacred Balance”‚ David Suzuki‚ has outlined our shattered connection perfectly within his essay‚ stating our evolution has caused us to separate from nature and create
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Sociology 1301 1B What is a Human Being: Option B After completing both the 1917 IQ test and the Mensa Workout IQ test I would have to say that to some extent they do provide some level of accurate measurement of intelligence. Most of the pictures in the 1917 test seem to as if they would be common sense. Almost nothing of that test was needed to be learned from schooling; experience is the only thing that is necessary really for that test. I do not agree however that they should be used to
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Euthanasia: Permissible or Impermissible Life is often noted as being precious; something that many wish to preserve for themselves and their children‚ but when we look at abortion it is mainly turned down because it is said that a fetus is a person with rights as soon as conception. When the subject is made about the right to take someone’s own life then it becomes a more complex argument. Literally meaning a “good death‚” euthanasia is a topic that has been argued from the permissible and impermissible
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Permissible Harm Killing the lesser amount of people to save the greater amount always sounds like it would be the right choice. An example‚ bombing a factory killing ten thousand people or not bombing the factory therefore allowing the factory to produce more bombs to bomb another country possibly killing 50 thousand people. Killing the ten thousand people may sound like the right thing to do because you’ll be saving more lives than you’ll be losing‚ but is saving the most lives always legit? It
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what it means to be human? Well‚ in many ways‚ Mary Shelley appears to be holding a mirror up to each person who reads her novel and allowing them to examine themselves in comparison with not only the monster but also with Victor. She says a lot about companionship and what that means for life as a human being. Shelley uses both Victor‚ her main character‚ and the monster to show the need for companionship‚ the result of loss and the result of loneliness in the context of being human. Not only this but
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The history starts in 1952‚ where Alan Turing‚ a math professor‚ arrives home and finds his apartment with a number of things missing‚ but nothing of great value‚ so as a normal person do‚ he called the police. The police come in and after some questioning‚ he explained that he believed to be a friend of his boyfriend‚ Alan was never ashamed of his sexuality‚ but at that time the law criminalized relations between homosexuals‚ and for his surprise‚ he got arrested. Alan Turing was an extraordinary
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seriously. It’s very important for us to protect the environment. Good environment can make people feel happy and fit. To improve the environment means to improve our life. Therefore‚ human beings can protect the environment in three ways: conserving water‚ recycling‚ reducing‚ reusing and saving energy. First‚ human beings can protect the environment through saving water. Water is very important to us because we can’t live without water. Water which is suitable to drink is becoming less and less. It
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To begin with‚ what is a human? A descendant of an ape? Or a creature sent to earth at the beginning of time to look after the beasts and plantation in the Garden of Eden. Just think about our taxonomical name Homo sapiens‚ it means a wise man and hopefully giving us that name wasn’t a mistake. Humans‚ the animals with the most phenomenal brain‚ capable of the most abstract thoughts possessing the most amazing skill of imagination‚ are the masters of the animal kingdom. We are almost dominant over
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Consequentialism is such a theory in which “An action is permissible if an only if it has the best consequences.” Consequentialism states a connection between permissibility and value: producing the best consequences is what makes an action permissible. So‚ according to consequentialism‚ rightness depends on goodness. Suppose there is a situation in which one could perform only one of three alternatives action: X‚ Y‚ and Z. If performing either X or Y results will be equally good but that performing
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