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Article #1187Re: The Ethics of Species Engineering ( WAS: Re: Human/Chimp Hybrids?)
From: patrick m mullhaupt
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 1990 03:10
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 1990 03:10
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In article <270A6B70.15884@ics.uci.edu> honig@ics.uci.edu (David Honig) writes: >The ethical problems arise when generals, politicians, and unelected >policymakers *employ* the knowledge that scientists find. Finding >that chimps and humans can breed, and measuring the properties of the >resulting creature, is different from, e.g., proposing to raise a >breed of slaves. And I agree with others that such a hybrid would >be very interesting. As a non-biologist I am curious about what scientists would hope to gain by performing the human/chimp experiment. What questions would this experiment shed light on? As a more general question; on what criteria should an experiment, (any experiment), be judged as being worthwhile? Who should decide what the criteria are? Should the general public get any say in the matter? Patrick Mullhaupt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu From: pmm@acsu.buffalo.edu (patrick m mullhaupt) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: The Ethics of Species Engineering ( WAS: Re: Human/Chimp Hybrids?) Keywords: ethics Message-ID: <38939@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 4 Oct 90 03:10:10 GMT References: <1990Sep23.163322.28379@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <4909@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <270A6B70.15884@ics.uci.edu> Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Organization: SUNY Buffalo Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu