A Measure of Restraint

A Measure of Restraint

     I was absent Monday, we had testing on Tuesday, so you can assume that when I arrive to class on Wednesday and I am thrown into a seminar, I am a bit confused. Nathan was able to give me a quick summary of the story, and I was able to understand the gist of it, by listening the the first groups seminar as well. When it came our turn to talk, I thought to myself, 'Is this really even a debate"? When listening to the first group, I heard quotes from Ryeo-Won, and Avaneesh that made my ears perk up. I wrote them down and had to turn in the sheet unfortunately, but they spoke about how we often exchange the mortal human life, for the immortal risk of genetic testing. In the article, they spoke about doing genetic testing, and how people often times died from the uses of the chemicals that they were testing, and all the article said about their death was "they died", and moved on. Something so valuable, such as a human life, can be traded for just a little piece of an experiment, shortening their life to nothing but data. Looking at the person I am, and the people I am sure many of my classmates are, I believe the morals we are set with leads us to strongly disagree with this. A human life is much more valuable than a small piece of data or evidence. The idea that we risk the mortal lives of humans, for testing and data is something disgusting and sickening, which I completely disagree with.

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  1. AnonymousApril 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM

    I really liked your tone in your blog, your concern for human life is evident and explained very well.

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