From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat Jan 04 2003 - 15:30:18 MST
Mike writes
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Michael M. Butler
> I say the [cloning] issue continues to be complex given,
> e.g., Dolly's arthritis. I'm not with Shermer about
> doing it--today. [But] I am not for "relinquishment."
What is bad about Dolly's arthritis? Who is it bad for?
Would it have been better for Dolly if cloning had been
forbidden? Would Dolly be better off dead?
> Prudence is not luddism.
Certainly not! Indeed we should be prudent whenever there
are tradeoffs. There are no tradeoffs in this entire matter
of whether or not an individual is better off alive or dead,
(up to, of course, the point that their lives become not
worth living).
I would ask that anyone's answers to the above questions be
consistent.
Lee
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