Euthanasia, Free Will, and Compassion
Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama and the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, in his book The Universe is a Single Atom (2005), tried to reconcile religion with science. He claims that religion and science are parts of the same path to ultimate truth. According to him, we must make an attempt to build a bridge and fill the gap between our different ways of thinking. Dalai Lama emphasizes that there are various potential benefits in the field of science, but its potential costs involves a greater sense of moral responsibility when there is higher level knowledge and power (Dalai Lama 132). The prominent neoconservative thinker, Francis Fukuyama, presupposes that the demand for equality …show more content…
Mean is created in the image and likeness of God, therefore, he shares God's sanctity. This entitles human beings to a higher level of respect compared to the other creations of God. Supposing that one doesn't believe that he is created in the likeness of God, his special moral status or dignity is based on the human capacity of moral choice. People may differ in different aspects, whether in intelligence, wealth, race and gender, but all are given equally the ability to act. Humanity has dignity because they have their free choice (Fukuyama 187). Free choice involves whom to befriend, whom to marry, or do deal business with, what social events to shun and the like (Fukuyama 186). One example of this free choice is the "genetic lottery" which guarantees that the son or daughter of elite and successful parents will not more likely inherit the talents and abilities of his or her parents. There has always been a degree of genetic selection which involves assortative mating. This means that successful people tend to marry each other to the extent that their success is genetically based and will be passed on to their children for better life opportunities. The genetic lottery is judged and criticized as being unfair because it condemns certain people to lesser intelligence, or bad looks, or disabilities. On the other hand, it is egalitarian, since everyone, regardless of social class, race or ethnicity, has to play in it. These "children of choice" who are genetically selected by their parents for certain characteristics may become aristocrats on the making. They may believe that their success is a matter of choice on the part of their parents. Furthermore, they will look, think, act, and perhaps feel even more dominant that those who are not similarly chosen (Fukuyama 191). With the given argument and example, human beings are accorded with free choice but the results of their decisions may be unfair, judged, and criticized.
Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama and the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, in his book The Universe is a Single Atom (2005), tried to reconcile religion with science. He claims that religion and science are parts of the same path to ultimate truth. According to him, we must make an attempt to build a bridge and fill the gap between our different ways of thinking. Dalai Lama emphasizes that there are various potential benefits in the field of science, but its potential costs involves a greater sense of moral responsibility when there is higher level knowledge and power (Dalai Lama 132). The prominent neoconservative thinker, Francis Fukuyama, presupposes that the demand for equality …show more content…
Mean is created in the image and likeness of God, therefore, he shares God's sanctity. This entitles human beings to a higher level of respect compared to the other creations of God. Supposing that one doesn't believe that he is created in the likeness of God, his special moral status or dignity is based on the human capacity of moral choice. People may differ in different aspects, whether in intelligence, wealth, race and gender, but all are given equally the ability to act. Humanity has dignity because they have their free choice (Fukuyama 187). Free choice involves whom to befriend, whom to marry, or do deal business with, what social events to shun and the like (Fukuyama 186). One example of this free choice is the "genetic lottery" which guarantees that the son or daughter of elite and successful parents will not more likely inherit the talents and abilities of his or her parents. There has always been a degree of genetic selection which involves assortative mating. This means that successful people tend to marry each other to the extent that their success is genetically based and will be passed on to their children for better life opportunities. The genetic lottery is judged and criticized as being unfair because it condemns certain people to lesser intelligence, or bad looks, or disabilities. On the other hand, it is egalitarian, since everyone, regardless of social class, race or ethnicity, has to play in it. These "children of choice" who are genetically selected by their parents for certain characteristics may become aristocrats on the making. They may believe that their success is a matter of choice on the part of their parents. Furthermore, they will look, think, act, and perhaps feel even more dominant that those who are not similarly chosen (Fukuyama 191). With the given argument and example, human beings are accorded with free choice but the results of their decisions may be unfair, judged, and criticized.