The following thoughts by Ken Connor occupy my mind this morning. I thought it might interest you, as well.
Popular culture is blindly embracing science and ignoring legitimate moral concerns. Human dignity is steadily being eroded in the pursuit of the "advancement of science" and the quest for "cures." Increasingly, we are losing our common understanding of what it means to be a human being, and the idea that human beings are something "special" is rapidly becoming an antiquated notion.
Science is unquestionably a worthwhile pursuit, but many have come to view science as an end unto itself. The unbridled pursuit of science and technology is glorified, and any who suggest constraining science within limits of morality or propriety are condemned. Raising the simple question of whether something should be done is considered taboo. Radical science advocates are only interested in whether something can be done.
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Not only are humans not special, we are, in fact, thought of now as the lowest forms on the earth. The flora and fauna are more protected than humans are today.
And Connoe is correct in saying that nothing is taboo in the scientific community. Scientists as a group pride themselves on being so radically pro-evolutionary that they delight in passing along the notion that humans are on the same level as a fetal pig.
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