Gentic enginnerign - Kant Flashcards
kant was a ..?
deontolgioist- only concerned with motive wouldnot take ionto account any consequcnes/ future benefits Genetic engineering could have
GM crops -Kant?
inherest sense of goodwill and using reaosnn int he form of the catgorical imperiive to right right duties tha can eb universal to everyone
Golden Rice-cure blindness/save lives- but KAnt isn;t interested in consequnces so he would aply it to 3 maxims
-say ti could be universilised as most people would be okay with manipulating crops to priduce increase yields as it doesm’t involve valued human lfie
Treating people as a means to an end- mukltinational co-operaions exoplit workers from developing ocuntires- it would br seen as wrong
Howver, kanr was infleucned by NL- preservation of valued huma life>essential duty to save life which GM crops can do ghe mght say fi ti doesn’t exploit workers its morally good (inherent sense tells us to help people)
Embryo Resrach- kant?
Issue of personhood- Kant saud they didn’t count as a person (aply Mary Ann Warren criteria of sentience, capbale of rational thought, self-awareness) >onyl a potetial person
1st maxim- pculdn’t univierislsie using all embryos as this would eb a self-contradiction of will- no people left
could universialsie, ‘onyl usiong spare embryos from IVF- issue of whether IVF could be univerislsied
2nd amxim- treating peopel as a means to an end- depends on personhood- Mark Sagoff quote
saviour siblings- cold universisle maxim like HEFA actually allows- hereitary lief-threatning condition
2nd amxim- immoral becuase its treating the sibling as a means to an end
hwover- preseerving life-essential duty
confict of duties- Kant does say to out universailibty first- if theres just one case where it sin’t moral it can’t be a duty
Conflcit of emotion- cold objective judgemnts- if you do not wish to see your child die your morive isnt goodwill and you’re nto looking at the big picutre(kingdom of ends)
Deigner babies- embryo screeinng- couldnt’ eb universilsied because eeryoen can’t choose genetic make-up of their child (has to fit this maxim)- only for gentic disorders?
Animal cloning-kant?
KAnt doesn’t view animals as improtant- if its saving lives and can be univerilsed this is a good duty
Overall kant ..?
depemds on whther it fits the 3 formyualtions fo the catgocial imperitive. or msot oft hese they can’t be univierislsied or they’re treting people as a means to an end but Kant is aware of the ened o rpotect human life and there is a possiblity for a universal rule that has an embedded exception
