Strangelove Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 While I am sure that Objectivists have no economic objections to allow for private conpanies to do Stem-Cell research, are there any moral or ethical elements of concern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomL Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Let me answer in the same manner asked: No. What specifically is your concern about the ethics of such research? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaintext Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 are there any moral or ethical elements of concern?Absolutely! It is immoral for anyone to place any restrictions on this kind of scientific research. It is a great concern that luddites and mystics are denying people their right to do such research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 (edited) Stranglelove, If you take a look at the philosophy of Objectivism as a whole, it will answer a lot of these concrete political questions for you. You can't take capitalism as defined by Ayn Rand and rip it from its philosophical roots (that's what libertarians try to do). To completely understand capitalism, you must understand Objectivist ethics. To understand the ethics you must understand the metaphysics and epistemology. With a firm grasp of Objectivism in its entirety, the political aspects of it become superficial. Edited March 31, 2005 by Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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