ethical/moral discussion. All of a sudden, it appeared that
science fiction was now reality. A sheep, being a mammal, was pretty close
to human. If this weird means of asexual reproduction of an entire mammal
worked, how long before it was applied to humans' People feared all
scientists would be clones of the great ones, all basketball players would
be Michael Jordan clones or similar, except younger. What these people
failed to remember, Shannon notes, is that two individuals who share a
genetic identity-identical twins, for exampleâ€"does not mean they are the
same person. They also maintain their individual dignity. It also
elevates genetics to the level of an absolute, rendering useless the age-
old debate about whether a person's life choices are influenced most by
genetics or environment. (Shannon, 111) Shannon further notes that holding
such positions denies any transcendent dimension, for which he seems to
mean spirituality or divine life forc
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