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Is life a gift?

Mike LaTorra

Mike LaTorra

Ethical Technology
May 14, 2008

Harvard’s Michael Sandel argues in his book The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering that life is a gift and that we should accept the unbidden nature of this gift, working toward acceptance and solidarity with others rather than seeking unbridled mastery over human biology. But is life properly viewed as a gift?

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Posted by on 05/14 at 02:16 PM

Once again, an opponent to H+ pulls out the P word.

Any sensible person is well aware of the fact that perfection is not only unattainable but also highly subjective, and all the H+ advocates I know are paragons of sensibility.(sorry bad joke)

H+ is about improvement, not perfection. Sorry Plato.

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Is life a gift?

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