What is Wisdom?
What is Wisdom? If one asks, the majority of people will answer vaguely that it is the knowledge gained during a lifetime. However, wisdom is much more than just the knowledge gained. It signifies the accumulation of knowledge, the application of learning, and the personification of God’s will in the creation of the universe. The abstract nature of the word wisdom allows for broad interpretation. For centuries man’s attempts to “Find” himself, posing the question “Who am I?” and “Who do I want to be?” People expressed themselves, physically, spiritually, psychologically and emotionally in order to promote their image, their sense of identity and individualism. Then, if we cloned someone, would not this strip the person of his …show more content…
The word comes from the Latin root words, “re”, meaning back and “pugnare” to fight. When we use the word repugnance, we do not just mean the feeling of fighting back or resisting, but also a feeling of horror or sickness that causes you to resist in the first place. In the article “The Wisdom Of Repugnance” , Leon R. Kass illustrates that human beings should take a closer look at the greater implications of cloning and not just to do it because we can. Liberals, on the other hand, believe that, “cloning human beings will be an extension of existing techniques for assisting reproduction and determining the genetic makeup of children.” Kass implies, that each of us must find the meaning in why we should not interfere with the divine order that governed creation, by imposing or trying to create something or someone in the likeness of yourself or someone else. For example, “Dolly [the sheep] was, quite literally, made. She is the work not of nature or nature’s God, but of man … What is more, Dolly came into being not only asexually- ironically, just like he [who] calls himself a Lamb, but also as the genetically identical copy (and the perfect incarnation of the form or blueprint)” (Kass 17). We ought to do things the way God intends it. Cloning human beings disrupt the natural flow of God’s will for man, because it was not intended for man to make man in his image. “Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, the study …show more content…
In addition, I found the argument made was informative, intuitive and very convincing. He provides valid reasons why he believes that the cloning of human beings is repugnant, “cloning creates serious issues of identity and individuality. The cloned person may experience concern about his distinctive identity, not only because he will be in genotype and appearance identical to another human. But, in this case, because he may also be twin to the person who is his “father or mother.” It is very hard sometime figuring out who you are as a person, how does scientist expect cloned person to navigate that process. Furthermore, “because of what cloning is, one cannot presume a future cloned child’s consent to be a clone, even a healthy one. Thus, ethically speaking, we cannot even get to know whether or not human cloning is feasible.” Kass argues that there must be boundaries with what mankind can and cannot
What is Wisdom? If one asks, the majority of people will answer vaguely that it is the knowledge gained during a lifetime. However, wisdom is much more than just the knowledge gained. It signifies the accumulation of knowledge, the application of learning, and the personification of God’s will in the creation of the universe. The abstract nature of the word wisdom allows for broad interpretation. For centuries man’s attempts to “Find” himself, posing the question “Who am I?” and “Who do I want to be?” People expressed themselves, physically, spiritually, psychologically and emotionally in order to promote their image, their sense of identity and individualism. Then, if we cloned someone, would not this strip the person of his …show more content…
The word comes from the Latin root words, “re”, meaning back and “pugnare” to fight. When we use the word repugnance, we do not just mean the feeling of fighting back or resisting, but also a feeling of horror or sickness that causes you to resist in the first place. In the article “The Wisdom Of Repugnance” , Leon R. Kass illustrates that human beings should take a closer look at the greater implications of cloning and not just to do it because we can. Liberals, on the other hand, believe that, “cloning human beings will be an extension of existing techniques for assisting reproduction and determining the genetic makeup of children.” Kass implies, that each of us must find the meaning in why we should not interfere with the divine order that governed creation, by imposing or trying to create something or someone in the likeness of yourself or someone else. For example, “Dolly [the sheep] was, quite literally, made. She is the work not of nature or nature’s God, but of man … What is more, Dolly came into being not only asexually- ironically, just like he [who] calls himself a Lamb, but also as the genetically identical copy (and the perfect incarnation of the form or blueprint)” (Kass 17). We ought to do things the way God intends it. Cloning human beings disrupt the natural flow of God’s will for man, because it was not intended for man to make man in his image. “Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, the study …show more content…
In addition, I found the argument made was informative, intuitive and very convincing. He provides valid reasons why he believes that the cloning of human beings is repugnant, “cloning creates serious issues of identity and individuality. The cloned person may experience concern about his distinctive identity, not only because he will be in genotype and appearance identical to another human. But, in this case, because he may also be twin to the person who is his “father or mother.” It is very hard sometime figuring out who you are as a person, how does scientist expect cloned person to navigate that process. Furthermore, “because of what cloning is, one cannot presume a future cloned child’s consent to be a clone, even a healthy one. Thus, ethically speaking, we cannot even get to know whether or not human cloning is feasible.” Kass argues that there must be boundaries with what mankind can and cannot