Friday, May 08, 2009

THE APPROACHING REVOLUTION IN VALUES

POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOK IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES

"...genetic discrimination in hiring will be illegal, of course..."

The "of course" reflects today's values, but progress in genetics is going to upset virtually all of our accepted values.

Why? Values have to do with the verities of our world and the nature of the choices we make.

But the verities are all on their way to being tossed out the window.

We see just the leading edge of a revolution coming with matters like people having themselves cloned, parents having another child just to provide transplant parts for a loved and sick one, and truly designer babies with every important characteristic selected by parents.

The bizarre possibilities - bizarre by today's perspective - are virtually endless, so human values and ethics - and the laws reflecting them - are in for the greatest revolution of all time over the next century.




THE APPROACHING STORM