What if our society uses new-found technologies of "genetic engineering" to interfere with the biological nature of human beings Might that not be disastrous
What about cloning, for instance
Cloning is a term originally used in connection with nonsexual reproduction of plants and very simple animals. Now it is coming into use in connection with higher animals, since biologists are finding ways of starting with an individual cell of a grown animal and inducing it to multiply in the same way in the future.
But is cloning a safe thing to unleash on society Might it not be used for destructive purposes For instance, might not some ruling group decide to clone their submissive, downtrodden peasantry, and thus produce endless hordes of semi-robots who will slave to keep a few in luxury and who may even serve as endless ranks of soldiers designed to conquer the rest of the world
A dreadful thought, but an unnecessary fear. For one thing, there i
A. genetic engineers are experimenting with cloning
B. the cloning of human could produce a privileged class
C. worries about the dangers of human cloning are ill-founded
D. personality traits cannot be passed on through cloning
What if our society uses new-found technologies of "genetic engineering" to interfere with the biological nature of human beings Might that not be disastrous
What about cloning, for instance
Cloning is a term originally used in connection with nonsexual reproduction of plants and very simple animals. Now it is coming into use in connection with higher animals, since biologists are finding ways of starting with an individual cell of a grown animal and inducing it to multiply in the same way in the future.
But is cloning a safe thing to unleash on society Might it not be used for destructive purposes For instance, might not some ruling group decide to clone their submissive, downtrodden peasantry, and thus produce endless hordes of semi-robots who will slave to keep a few in luxury and who may even serve as endless ranks of soldiers designed to conquer the rest of the world
A dreadful thought, but an unnecessary fear. For one thing, there i
A. afraid of a nation of dictators
B. worried about the abuses of cloning
C. eager to put cloning to practical use
D. ready to be cloned
| What our society suffers from most
today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be; such
consensus cannot be gained from society’s present stage, or from fantasies about
what it ought to be. For that the present is too close and too diversified, and
the future too uncertain, to make believable claims about it. A consensus in the
present hence can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past,
as Homer’s epics informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be
Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize
their societies. Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming fr A. the non-existence of consensus on the forms the society should take B. the lack of divergence over the common organizations of social life C. the non-acceptance of a society based on individual diversity D. the pervasive distress caused by national morale decline [单项选择]
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